Uttar Pradesh by-polls: As part of the ongoing seat-sharing negotiations for the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, Congress has demanded five out of ten seats up for the contest from the Samajwadi Party (SP), said sources. However, the sources said that talks are ongoing and an agreement is yet to be finalised.
Samajwadi Party and Congress are I.N.D.I.A. bloc allies in Uttar Pradesh. Both of them had fought the Lok Sabha elections in alliance.
SP likely to 4 seats to Congress
Congress has requested five seats but the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is not ready for that many. As per the sources, a consensus may be reached with SP potentially agreeing to give Congress four seats.
It's worth noting that by-elections will be held for 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. After performing well in the Lok Sabha elections, SP is hopeful of a good showing in these by-elections as well.
The assembly seats where bypolls are due are Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar), Karhal (Mainpuri), Milkipur (Ayodhya), Meerapur (Muzaffarnagar), Ghaziabad, Majhawan (Mirzapur), Sishamau (Kanpur city), Khair (Aligarh), Phulpur (Prayagraj) and Kundarki (Moradabad).
SP releases first list of 6 candidates
Earlier today, the Samajwadi Party released its first list for Uttar Pradesh by-elections. It's worth noting that by-elections will be held for 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party has fielded Tej Pratap Yadav from Sisamau, Naseem Solanki from Phulpur, Mustafa Siddiqui from Milkypur, Ajit Prasad from Katehari, Shobhawati Verma from Majhwan and Dr. Jyoti from Bind.
Tej Pratap from Karhal is from the Yadav family, the grandson of Mulayam Singh's elder brother. He has been MP from Mainpuri. Naseem Solanki, is the wife of former SP MLA Irfan Solanki has been fielded from Phulpur, Ajit Prasad from Katehari is the son of MP Awadhesh Prasad. Shobhavati Verma, wife of MP Lalji Verma has been a District Panchayat member and Jyoti Bind is the daughter of SP leader Ramesh Bind. Ramesh Bind lost to Anupriya Patel in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
The sources said that the Congress is angry with SP over the announcement which released the list without consulting its ally. However, it is yet to be clear whether Congress will accept the Samajwadi Party's offer or will decide to break the alliance.
