The by-elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerapur assembly seat on November 20. So, this time in this election, all eyes are on the Muslim voters, because four major parties have given tickets to the Muslim community in the elections from this seat. In which Zahid Hussain of Azad Samaj Party, Shahnazar of Bahujan Samaj Party, Sumbul Rana of Samajwadi Party and Arshad Rana of AIMIM are in the fray. So this time it remains to be seen on whose head the Muslim community will adorn its crown.
According to political experts, the Muslim community here has largely sided with the Samajwadi Party in the recent elections. Due to which, in 2022 elections also, SP Lok Dal alliance candidate Chandan Singh Chauhan won from this seat but this time the equation is completely opposite because this time in this election Lok Dal has an alliance with the NDA, while in 2022 he contested. this seat with the Indian Alliance.
Now, in such a situation, it has to be seen that the way the Muslim community here sent the Lok Dal candidate to the Assembly after achieving victory in the 2022 elections, whether they will support the Lok Dal also this time or whether they will support it . The Samajwadi Party, which has always been called the leader of Muslims, will take its stand.
It also remains to be seen if all the four major parties have fielded candidates from the Muslim community in these by-elections, will the Muslim community here disintegrate in these elections? Let us tell you that there are around 3 lakh 25000 voters in this seat, in which the number of Muslim voters is around 1.25 lakh, so only Muslim voters in this seat play a decisive role in the elections, for Therefore, all eyes are on While NDA’s Lok Dal candidate Mithilesh Pal is in the fray. Experts say that if Muslim voters disperse, Lok Dal candidate Mithilesh Pal will directly benefit, making his victory in this seat easier.
Now, to woo Muslim voters, Akhilesh Yadav is said to travel to Meerapur area on November 16 and lawyer Asaduddin Owaisi on November 18, where he will address public meetings and campaign for his candidate.
