By-elections will be held on November 13 in nine Uttar Pradesh assembly seats. Akhilesh Yadav had on Wednesday announced that alliance candidates will contest the elections for all SP symbol seats. But Phulpur has seen a different story. After SP, the Congress leader also filed his nomination here.
In fact, despite the nomination of the SP candidate from the Phulpur seat, Congress district president Suresh Yadav surprised everyone by rebelling against the party and immediately filing his nomination. Now, after this claim, there is panic among the party leaders.
According to rebel Congress leader Suresh Yadav, the Phulpur seat has been a traditional Congress seat and big leaders are working together to make the SP fight from this seat, which angers him. He says only Congress should contest this seat.
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It is noteworthy that from this seat, the BJP gave the ticket to former MP Deepak Patel, while the SP gave the ticket to Mujjatba Siddiqui and the BSP gave the ticket to Jitendra Singh by removing its first candidate, Shiv Baran. Pass. Everyone expected the SP to contest the elections in Phulpur along with the Indian Alliance, but Congress Party’s Gangapar district president Suresh Yadav rebelled against the party and filed his nomination papers.
Akhilesh had announced a day earlier
A day earlier, Akhilesh Yadav had announced on the social media platform He said that Congress workers will support the SP and give victory to the PDA. But there is resentment among Congress workers.