BSP-Samajwadi Party announce seat sharing details in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati gets one seat more
The Bahujan Samaj Party will contest from 38 seats and Akhilesh Yadav’s party will get 37 of the state’s 80.
The Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party alliance will each contest from 38 and 37 seats in the upcoming General Elections, party leaders Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav announced on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh holds 80 seats in the Lok Sabha.
On January 12, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party and the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party had announced their decision to ally in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In what was a significant decision, the parties had excluded the Congress from their alliance.
The announcement follows Samajwadi Party leader and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s criticism of the party’s alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party earlier on Thursday, ANI reported. “Party members are killing the Samajwadi Party,” Mulayam Singh Yadav had claimed. “The party has been very strong. We have formed the government three times in the state. I have become the chief minister three times and have even served as defence minister.”
Mulayam Singh Yadav told his party workers that the Bharatiya Janata Party is better prepared for the elections. “It [BJP] has an edge over us,” the veteran politician said.
On Wednesday, Mayawati said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is threatened by her outfit’s alliance.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati & Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav have decided that SP will contest on 37 seats while BSP will fight on 38 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019. pic.twitter.com/ifwx0ebXJc
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Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party: Party ko khatam kaun kar raha hai? Apni hi party ke log. Itni mazboot party bani thi. Akele 3 baar sarkar banai, teeno baar hum CM rahe, Raksha Mantri bhi rahe, mazboot party thi. Hum rajneeti nahi kar rahe, lekin hum sahi baat rakh rahe hain pic.twitter.com/sa3XpN5OvO
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On February 13, Mulayam Singh Yadav had said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power. His comment baffled and embarrassed his party’s leaders.