SP announced candidates on six seats for the by-elections, fielded Tej Pratap from Karhal

Lucknow| Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced candidates for six seats for the by-elections to be held in UP. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has fielded Tej Pratap from Karhal seat. He has been MLA from this seat in 2022. This seat has become vacant after he was elected MP.
In its list released on Wednesday, SP has included Naseem Solanki from Sisamau assembly seat, Mustafa Siddiqui from Phulpur, Ajit Prasad from Milkipur, Shobhavati Verma from Katehari and Dr. from Manjhwa assembly seat. Jyoti Bind has been made the candidate. Among the six seats where Samajwadi Party has announced candidates, there are two seats where BJP won in the 2022 assembly. These two seats are from Phulpur and Majhwan. Congress was presenting its claim on both these seats under the alliance, but now SP has announced that the contest will be interesting by announcing the candidates.

It may be noted that by-elections are to be held on 10 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. SP has released the list of six candidates for the by-election. PDA has been given preference in this. All parties have intensified preparations for the 10 assembly seats where by-elections will be held. The reason behind SP not declaring four more seats is said to be an alliance with Congress. But Congress has demanded five seats in the by-elections.

The Election Commission has not announced the dates of by-elections to be held on 10 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. Of the 10 vacant seats, five were held by Sissamau, Katehari, Karhal, Milkipur and Kundarki SP. At the same time, Phulpur, Ghaziabad, Majhwan and Khair were with BJP and Meerapur seat was now with BJP’s ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).