Samajwadi Party fields Asim Raja from Rampur whereas Dharmendra Yadav will contest from Azamgarh
Samajwadi Party fields Asim Raja from Rampur whereas Dharmendra Yadav will contest from Azamgarh
A detailed aide of senior MLA Azam Khan was on Monday declared the candidate of the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the Lok Sabha byelection in Rampur whereas in Azamgarh the social gathering determined to subject former MP Dharmendra Yadav, a cousin of SP president Akhilesh Yadav.
Asim Raja, Rampur metropolis SP president, was given the inexperienced sign because the social gathering’s nominee in a gathering carried out by Mr. Khan on the final day for submitting nominations. The lack of readability on the SP candidates until the final minute had constructed up suspense on the attainable names, together with Mr. Khan’s spouse Tazeen Fatima from Rampur.
Mr. Raja has been a nagarpalika member however has by no means contested any election, stated a supply in Rampur.
In Azamgarh, the SP has banked on a trusted candidate within the type of Mr. Dharmendra Yadav, a three-time former MP, who gained from Budaun in Rohilkhand area in 2009 and 2014, however misplaced in 2019 regardless of help from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Mr. Dharmendra Yadav is the son of SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav’s youthful brother Abhay Ram. A product of the Allahabad University, Mr. Dharmendra Yadav is common amongst youth and is understood for elevating points associated to ‘social justice’ and college students.
In 2019, it was Sanghamitra Maurya, the BJP candidate and daughter of Swami Prasad Maurya, who defeated him.
Azamgarh constituency is dominated by the Yadav, Muslim and Dalit communities. In the final three many years, many of the winners have been Yadavs, with a Muslim, Akbar Ahmad Dumpy, successful twice, in 1998 and 2008. Mr. Mulayam Singh has himself been an MP from this constituency in east Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Akhilesh Yadav gained the seat in 2019.
The byelections in Azamgarh and Rampur have been necessitated after the incumbent MPs Mr. Akhilesh Yadav and Mr. Khan gained within the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. While Mr. Akhilesh Yadav was elected from Karhal in Mainpuri, Mr. Khan, who was not too long ago launched from jail, is the present MLA from his conventional Rampur Sadar seat.
The SP, which faces a mammoth job of difficult the BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, first has to defend these two seats.
In Azamgarh, Mr. Dharmendra Yadav will likely be in a triangular contest towards the BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly often called Nirahua, and Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali of the BSP.
Nirahua is a well-liked Bhojpuri actor who stood second towards Mr. Akhilesh Yadav within the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Mr. Alam is a former two-time MLA of the BSP from Mubarakpur seat in Azamgarh and was one of many richest legislators within the State.
By fielding a robust Yadav candidate to switch its social gathering president, the SP has tried to negate Mr. Alam’s affect particularly among the many Muslim group in addition to reassure the core Yadav group, whose numbers matter within the constituency.
The BJP has fielded Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi in Rampur. Mr. Lodhi, former SP MLC, joined the BJP in January accusing the SP of being anti-OBC and anti-Dalit. Mr. Lodhi has contested the Lok Sabha election on BSP ticket previously although unsuccessfully.
Mr. Lodhi and Mr. Raja will likely be locked in a bi-polar contest as each the BSP and the Congress will not be contesting the seat. In truth, the Congress on Monday stated it might not contest both of the 2 seats.
Source: www.thehindu.com