By Fnf correspondent | PUBLISHED: 18, Jul 2024, 16:43 pm IST | UPDATED: 18, Jul 2024, 16:43 pm IST
Among the 10 assembly seats going to polls, five were previously held by the SP, three by the BJP, and one each by BJP allies RLD and NISHAD Party. According to UPCC chief Ajai Rai, high-level discussions on seat sharing are ongoing, with both parties committed to contesting the bypolls together.
While the exact distribution of seats remains undecided, senior Congress leaders are speculating that the party will seek to contest the seats formerly held by the BJP and its allies. The UP assembly declared these 10 seats vacant between June 7 and 18, and the bypolls must be held within six months of these dates.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) may schedule these bypolls concurrently with the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra later this year.
The five seats previously held by the SP include Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar), Karhal (Mainpuri), Milkipur (Ayodhya), Kundarki (Moradabad), and Sisamau (Kanpur). Notably, Sisamau was vacated by SP MLA Irfan Solanki, who was disqualified following his conviction and a seven-year sentence in a criminal case. Katehari was vacated by SP MLA Lalji Verma, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Ambedkar Nagar. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav resigned from the Karhal (Mainpuri) assembly seat after winning the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat.
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