Last Updated on 12/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
By-elections are proposed on 10 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh namely Karhal, Milkipur, Sisamau, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Phulpur, Majhawan, Katehari, Khair and Meerapur. The dates of voting and counting of votes are yet to be announced by the Election Commission. Out of these, 9 seats have fallen vacant due to the MLAs being elected as MPs, while the Sisamau seat of Kanpur has fallen vacant due to the cancellation of the membership of SP leader Irfan Solanki after he was sentenced to 6 years in jail in a case. The assembly constituencies going for by-elections also include Milkipur seat of Ayodhya and Katehari seat of Ambedkar Nagar.
Much before the announcement of the by-election, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made the Milkipur constituency a matter of prestige. Yogi Adityanath has held two meetings and a public meeting regarding this seat so far. He has also set his eyes on the Katehari seat. After losing the Faizabad seat in the Lok Sabha elections, the opposition parties are taking a lot of jibes at the BJP and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Let us tell you that Awadhesh Prasad Pasi had won from here by defeating BJP’s Lallu Singh. Seeing the inauguration of the Ram temple and the development work done in Ayodhya, no one was believing that the BJP would lose the Faizabad seat.
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CM Yogi wants to take revenge of the defeat in Faizabad by winning Milkipur seat in the by-election, where the seat has become vacant due to the MLA Avdhesh Prasad becoming an MP. The revenge of the defeat from Milkipur alone will not be complete, perhaps that is why Chief Minister Yogi has taken the responsibility of preparing for the by-election on the Katehari seat of Ambedkar Nagar so that the defeat of the Lok Sabha elections can be answered by defeating SP on both the seats. Katehari is considered to be the strongest and safest seat of SP, which has become vacant after Lalji Verma became an MP.
These can be SP candidates in Milkipur and Katehari
BJP has not yet announced candidates for any seat for the by-elections. It is believed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP organization are discussing many names. But two names are leading from the Samajwadi Party, in which Awadhesh Prasad’s son from Milkipur and Lalji Verma’s daughter Chhaya Verma from Katehari seat can be made candidates. The victory and defeat of the by-elections to be held in UP is not only linked to the prestige of the BJP, but also to the prestige of CM Yogi.
The same is the case with the Samajwadi Party, which would like to enthuse its workers with victory in the first by-election of the UP assembly elections to be held in 2027. Chief Minister Yogi is once again going to attend a program in Kumarganj, Ayodhya on August 18, where he will meet local BJP workers. Former MP from Faizabad and BJP leader Lallu Singh said, ‘BJP workers are holding meetings up to the booth level. Every worker wants us to win. Every effort is being made to ensure that the voter list is correct.’
By-elections are important for SP in view of 2027
For SP too, the by-elections on 10 seats in UP are very important. Akhilesh Yadav and his party want to prove that winning 37 seats in the Lok Sabha elections was not a fluke. SP leader Tej Narayan alias Pawan Pandey said, ‘We have not heard of any slogan of BJP Zindabad being raised anywhere. BJP is no more. Even if we look through a microscope, it is not visible that BJP is anything. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the great and god-like people of Uttar Pradesh have shattered their reputation. They have defeated them and destroyed their reputation.’
Caste equation of Milkipur and Katehari seat
There are about 65 thousand Brahmin, 55 thousand Pasi, 22 thousand Kori, 15 thousand Harijan, 25 thousand Kshatriya, 23 thousand Muslim, 20 thousand Chaurasia, 17 thousand Baniya and 55 thousand Yadav voters in Milkipur. Being a reserved seat, candidates of all parties will be from Dalit community. This time BSP and Chandrashekhar Ravan will also field their candidates. There are more than 18.50 lakh voters in total in Katehari assembly seat. Among them, 4 lakh are Dalit and 3.70 lakh are Muslim. Apart from these, there are 1.78 lakh Kurmi, 1.70 lakh Yadav, 1.35 lakh Brahmin and 1 lakh Thakur voters.
Therefore, the electoral math and equation of Milkipur and Katehari is going to be interesting. Accordingly, the parties have also started preparations. Former BJP MP from Faizabad Lallu Singh said, ‘Chief Minister Yogi has come twice. He is going to come again on the 18th at Narendra Dev Agricultural University. He is making a strategy by meeting with the workers. Surya Pratap Shahi is in charge of the election. The organization has also deployed its officials. At present, preparations are being made to hoist the tricolor on every house. Preparations are being made to take out the tricolor yatra at various places. The Bharatiya Janata Party has its own way of working and we are working in the same way.’
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)