Samajwadi Party, Congress will fight Uttar Pradesh bye-polls together, says Akhilesh Yadav
The Kannauj MP made the statement a day after his party declared six candidates for the upcoming bye-elections in the state.
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that his party will fight the upcoming bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh in an alliance with the Congress, The Hindu reported.
The Opposition INDIA bloc is intact in the state, he added.
The MP from Kannauj made the statement a day after the Samajwadi Party declared candidates for six bye-poll seats in the state.
Bye-elections will be held in 10 Assembly constituencies. Nine of these seats fell vacant after their MLAs were elected as MPs in the recent Lok Sabha elections. In the Sisamau constituency, the bye-poll was necessitated as the sitting MLA Irfan Solanki was disqualified after being convicted in an arson case.
The Election Commission is yet to announce the bye-poll schedule.
On Wednesday, the Samajwadi Party listed Tej Pratap Singh Yadav as its candidate from the Karhal constituency, Shobhawati Verma from Katehri, Naseem Solanki from Sisamau, Ajeet Prasad from Milkipur, Mustafa Siddiqui from Phulpur and Jyoti Bind from Majhwa.
Following the announcement, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Avinash Pande claimed that his party was not informed by its ally about the decision, The Hindu reported. No discussions were held with the coordination committee of the INDIA bloc, he added.
“As far as the announcement of seats and contesting elections is concerned, whatever decision the coordination committee of INDIA alliance takes, it will...
