At a standstill with allies in Maharashtra, Congress may skip UP bypolls

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As seat-sharing negotiations deed a bumpy roadworthy with Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners successful Maharashtra, the Congress whitethorn present enactment distant from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls arsenic it does not privation to contention the 2 seats that its INDIA bloc state Samajwadi Party (SP) is offering, citing “unfavourable caste equations”.

The Congress has alleged the SP did not travel “alliance dharma” and unilaterally announced candidates for 7 of the 9 seats wherever bypolls volition beryllium held connected November 13. Congress insiders claimed the enactment mightiness garbage to contention Khair and Ghaziabad. “Why volition we contention seats wherever the caste equations bash not favour us? We cognize it volition beryllium an uphill task for immoderate enactment to decision the BJP successful these 2 seats. We would alternatively not contention the bypolls,” a elder Congress person said.

In response, the SP has accused the Congress of “overreaching” by demanding seats specified arsenic Meerapur and Phulpur and reminded its state of its “overconfidence” successful Haryana. “On what ground are they claiming these seats? They did not permission a azygous spot for america successful Haryana, wherever they had a accidental of forming the government. The SP is the main Opposition successful Uttar Pradesh and the Congress volition person to enactment accordingly,” a elder SP person said.

Of the nine seats going to the bypolls, the SP won 5 – Sisamau, Katehari, Kundarki and Karhal – portion the BJP won 3 (Khair, Phulpur and Ghaziabad) successful the 2022 Assembly polls. The NISHAD Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) won 2 (Manjhawan and Meerapur, respectively).

According to estimates, astir 80,000 Dalits, 60,000 Brahmins, 40,000 Baniyas, 35,000 Muslims and 20,000 Thakurs marque up the electorate successful Ghaziabad. With the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) contesting the election, the Congress is not assured of Dalit votes consolidating successful its favour portion the numerically ascendant Brahmin and Baniya communities, on with Thakurs, are seen to beryllium halfway BJP voters. The enactment besides feels the fig of Muslims successful Ghaziabad is not capable to change the electoral result successful its favour.

In Khair, with Jats rallying down the RLD, an NDA ally, and the BSP apt to chopped into Dalit votes, the Congress is not optimistic astir winning the spot that has astir 1 lakh Jats and astir 55,000 Dalits.

The Congress was dealt a stroke a time aft its “unexpected” decision successful Haryana, arsenic the SP connected October 9, successful the mediate of seat-sharing talks, went up and announced six candidates for the bypolls. Subsequently, it besides announced its seventh candidate.

As the 2 allies proceed to bicker, their enactment is assured that apical leaders specified arsenic Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and SP main Akhilesh Yadav who person a “great understanding”, volition instrumentality the last call. “Our main nonsubjective is to extremity the jungle raj successful the authorities and we are moving towards it. I americium definite the apical enactment volition scope an knowing soon,” said Uttar Pradesh Congress main Ajay Rai.

SP nationalist spokesperson Faraz Uddin Kidwai echoed Rai’s views. “Seat-sharing is simply a analyzable process and determination is inactive clip for the information deadline. We are assured that the 2 parties volition contention the bypolls together,” helium said. The past time for filing nominations for the bypolls is October 25.

Asad Rehman is with the nationalist bureau of The Indian Express and covers authorities and argumentation focusing connected spiritual minorities successful India. A writer for implicit 8 years, Rehman moved to this relation aft covering Uttar Pradesh for 5 years for The Indian Express. During his clip successful Uttar Pradesh, helium covered politics, crime, health, and quality rights among different issues. He did extended crushed reports and covered the protests against the caller citizenship instrumentality during which galore were killed successful the state. During the Covid pandemic, helium did extended crushed reporting connected the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages successful Uttar Pradesh. He has besides covered immoderate landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple lawsuit and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, helium worked connected The Indian Express nationalist table for 3 years wherever helium was a transcript editor. Rehman studied astatine La Martiniere, Lucknow and past went connected to bash a bachelor's grade successful History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He besides has a Masters grade from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More

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