Akhilesh Yadav slams Yogi Govt for alleged voter suppression in UP bye-elections
Yadav warned that a new and troubling form of democracy was emerging in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule.
Yadav warned that a new and troubling form of democracy was emerging in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule.
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
A total of 34 lakh voters will decide the fate of 90 candidates contesting the bypolls from nine assembly constituencies.
Touted to be the semifinal of the 2027 assembly polls in the state, there is a direct contest between the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party in all nine seats.
According to party sources, despite directives from the high command, these three leaders recently attended the wedding of Kamal, son of BSP leader and party in-charge Babu Munkad Ali, in Ghaziabad.
He added that the district magistrate of Ambedkar Nagar was working like the district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was present during the nomination filing of his cousin Tej Pratap Yadav for Karhal assembly bypoll on Monday, expressed confidence that Tej Pratap would win by a significant margin.
The Samajwadi Party has conceded two seats to Congress in the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls. The party has given Khair assembly seat in Aligarh and the Ghaziabad Sadar seat, which was won by the BJP in the 2022 assembly polls, to the grand old party.
Early trends of Uttar Pradesh bye-elections showed Samajwadi Party and Apna Dal -AD (S) leading on one seat each.
The ruling BJP is leading in Rampur while trailing in Khatauliin the assembly bypoll.
