Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have appointed observers for the by-elections to be held on 10 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma has been appointed observer for Kanpur’s Sisamau seat on behalf of Congress. Imran Masood has been appointed observer for Meerapur seat. MP Rakesh Rathore has been appointed observer for Kundarki seat. Barabanki MP Tanuj Punia will take over as observer for Ghaziabad seat.
Observers were also appointed on these seats
Congress has appointed MLA Virendra Chaudhary for Majhava seat, MP Ujjwal Raman Singh for Phulpur, former minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui for Katehari seat, former MLA Akhilesh Pratap Singh for Milkipur reserved seat as observers. Former MLA Rajkumar Rawat has been appointed observer for Khair reserved seat. Ramnath Sikarwar has been appointed observer for Karhal seat. Congress has announced observers for all 10 seats.
SP also appointed observers
Samajwadi Party, which is contesting the elections with the All India Alliance, is preparing for the assembly by-elections. Samajwadi Party has appointed in-charges of Majhawan, Karhal, Sismau, Phulpur, Kathari, Milkipur. Shivpal Yadav has been given the responsibility of Kathari, Awadhesh Prasad has been given the responsibility of Milkipur, Indrajit Saroj has been given the responsibility of Phulpur. Responsibilities of other leaders have also been decided.
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BSP observer also appointed
BSP, which usually keeps away from by-elections, is also preparing to contest by-elections this time. This will be the first time after 2012 that BSP is going to contest assembly by-elections. BSP chief Mayawati is also in action mode regarding this. Bahujan Samaj Party’s national president and former chief minister Mayawati has appointed Amit Verma alias Jitendra Bhaiya as BSP in-charge for Katehari assembly by-election. On Monday, Amit Verma and his father Ramkesh Verma met Mayawati along with BSP state president Vishwanath Pal.
By-elections are important for SP in view of 2027
For SP, 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 a thing. 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 Brahmins, 55 thousand Pasis, 22 thousand Koris, 15 thousand Harijans, 25 thousand Kshatriyas, 23 thousand Muslims, 20 thousand Chaurasiyas, 17 thousand Baniyas and 55 thousand Yadav voters in Milkipur. Being a reserved seat, candidates of all parties will be from the Dalit community. This time BSP and Chandrashekhar Ravan will also field their candidates. There are more than 18.50 lakh voters in Katehari assembly seat. Among them, 4 lakh are Dalits and 3.70 lakh Muslims. Apart from these, there are 1.78 lakh Kurmi, 1.70 lakh Yadavs, 1.35 lakh Brahmins and 1 lakh Thakur voters. Therefore, the electoral mathematics and equation of Milkipur and Katehari is going to be interesting. Accordingly, the parties have also started preparations.
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