Uttar Pradesh bypolls: BSP to fight all 10 Assembly seats

BSP prepares for upcoming Assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, criticizes BJP and Congress on reservation and caste issues.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday (August 11, 2024) announced that her party will field candidates in all the 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls are going to be held.

The Election Commission is yet to declare the schedule for the by-elections to Karhal, Milkipur, Katehari, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Meerapur, Phulpur, Majhawan and Sisamau Assembly seats.

In a statement released after a meeting of the BSP's State unit district chiefs, office bearers and functionaries, the party said Ms. Mayawati reviewed the preparations for the upcoming Assembly bypolls.

“Ten assembly constituencies have fallen vacant after the Lok Sabha elections. No official announcement of the date has been made so far but activities pertaining to this are increasing continuously, especially the ruling party, BJP, and its government have made it an issue of prestige, due to which the interest of the people in the bypolls has also increased,” it said.

"The BSP will field its candidate in all these assembly constituencies, where by-elections will take place, and will contest the bypolls with full might," the statement said.

By-elections were necessitated for nine seats as the MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha. The Sisamau seat fell vacant due to the disqualification Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Irfan Solanki as MLA after he was sentenced to jail in a criminal case.

Mounting an attack on the BJP, Ms. Mayawati said, “There is tremendous anger among the common public as the BJP government at the Centre and in the state has not only failed in stopping rising poverty, unemployment, price rise and backwardness but has also not paid enough attention towards this.”