Jayant Chaudhary's "Lucky Few" Jibe At Samajwadi Party's Candidate Swaps
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Akhilesh Yadav was personally involved in the first course correction, sources have indicated, meeting with local leaders to understand their concerns, and pulled the trigger for second too.
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary has mocked former ally Akhilesh Yadav amid speculation his Samajwadi Party will replace - a second time - its candidate for the Meerut Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. The RLD boss posted a brief post on X (formerly Twitter) 'congratulating' the "lucky ones in the opposition (who) will get a chance, for a few hours" to contest in the 2024 general election.
"And those who did not get tickets, their fate is..." he wrote.
Mr Chaudhary's jab came hours after talk the SP could replace its second-choice Meerut candidate Atul Pradhan with a third-choice - Sunita Verma. The party last week named Bhanu Pratap Singh for the contest, but backed down after local leaders signaled unease with the choice of an 'outsider'.