Maharashtra, Jharkhand assembly elections are coming. By-elections are to be held on some seats in other states also. Then BJP has announced 7 candidates for the UP by-elections. Anuj Yadav has been given ticket from Karahal. Dharmendra Nishad has been given ticket from Katehri. Then Deepak Patel has been given ticket from Phulpur. Sanjeev Sharma has been declared BJP candidate from Ghaziabad.
Sismau and Meerapur are two seats from where the party has not declared any candidate yet. The party has fielded Ramveer Singh Thakur from Kundarki. Apart from this, ticket has been given to Surendra Diler, Anujesh Yadav (Scheduled Caste) from Karahal, Deepak Patel from Phulpur, Dharamraj Nishad from Katehri and Mrs. Maurya from Majhwa.
Nishad Party demanded two seats
BJP's ally Nishad Party was also demanding two seats in this by-election. But from the list that has come out, it is clear that not a single seat has been given to Nishad Party. Last time, Nishad Party candidate had contested the elections from Kathari seat. Apart from this, BJP has fielded the candidate of Nishad Party on its symbol from Majhwan seat. On the basis of which Sanjay Nishad was demanding both the seats in this by-election.
Challenge to BJP
There are many challenges for BJP in the seats where by-elections are to be held. Ziaur Rahman of Samajwadi Party became MLA in Kundarki in the 2022 assembly elections. He has been elected MP from Sambhal seat in the Lok Sabha elections. BJP got success only once in 1993 in Kundarki Assembly. In this assembly, Muslim vote is about 65 percent and Hindu vote is 35 percent.
By-elections on how many seats in UP?
The special thing is that by-elections were to be held on 10 seats of UP, which include Karhal of Mainpuri, Sisamau of Kanpur, Phulpur of Prayagraj, Kateri of Ambedkar Nagar, Majhwan of Mirzapur, Milkipur of Ayodhya, Sadar of Ghaziabad, Khair of Aligarh, Meerapur. Are. This includes Kundarki seats of Muzaffarnagar and Moradabad. However, by-elections have been announced for only 9 seats. Date not announced for Milkipur seat.