The RLD and the SP announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls on January 19 with the former stating that the latter will leave seven seats in western UP for its nominees. However, as political situation changes, Jayant Chaudhary's party is most likely to enter in an alliance with the BJP.
Uttar Pradesh news: The RLD and the SP announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls on January 19 with the former stating that the latter will leave seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh for its nominees.
The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is at the center of alliance discussions as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) offers four parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh for a potential collaboration, despite the RLD's preparations to contest from 12 Lok Sabha seats.
Uttar Pradesh: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on Monday made clear that he will not join BJP and will attend the next meeting of opposition leaders scheduled in mid-July.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress said that it has invited several leaders of non-BJP parties, including Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, to take part in the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra from January 3.
There has not been much interaction between Jayant and Akhilesh after the elections and sources claim that the RLD president is probing new possibilities for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Sources said that Jayant Chaudhary will soon meet Akhilesh Yadav and a formal announcement will be made about the former's Rajya Sabha candidature.
The RLD had fielded candidates on 33 seats in western Uttar Pradesh and won eight of them, according to the Election Commission. It only managed to gain a 2.85 per cent vote share.
The RLD chief, whose party contested the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in a tie-up with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP), also wondered from where those involved in exit polls got their data from.
Modi, Yogi and Shah - all tall leaders in BJP have been campaigning and giving their speeches ahead of the second phase of UP polls. However, this seems to pose a major challenge for the SP-RLD alliance. Will the second phase polls be a major challenge to Akhilesh and Jayant?
Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Thursday at 7:00 am. Covering the Jat-dominant belt of western Uttar Pradesh, the first phase of polls covers 58 assembly constituencies across 11 districts of the state.
The constables said that they were dancing to the tune of patriotic songs and cheering for their friend -- nicknamed Jayant Chaudhary -- who received a commendation letter on Republic Day, and not the RLD chief who shares the same name.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has prohibited political parties from taking out political rallies and roadshows till February 11 in light of the COVID-19 situation.Five states will go into polls in February including Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur.
The Samajwadi Party and RLD have announced an alliance for Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav exuded confidence that the SP-RLD alliance will come to power in Uttar Pradesh after March 10.
Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous Akhilesh Yadav government pushed Uttar Pradesh into violence as he held the former CM responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots.
The RLD leader also took a swipe at the BJP over the death of farmers during over year-long farmers protests and also demanded resignation of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
The duo of Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary did a press conference today in Muzaffarnagar and this showed a great opportunity for the SP leader in terms of gaining Jat votes. Will Jayant Chaudhary truly prove to be a gamechanger for Akhilesh Yadav. Watch this episode of Kurukshetra with Meenakshi Joshi.
While Samajwadi Party candidate Nahid Ahmed will contest from Kairana, RLD's Prasann Chaudhary has been fielded from Shamli.
RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary, who allied with Akhilesh Yadav ahead of UP polls, jointly held a rally in Aligarh.
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