According to sources, Sanjay Nishad and Sunil Bansal will hold an important meeting today on the issue. Sunil Bansal and Sanjay Nishad will hold a meeting at the BJP Office Extension Building. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya also attended the meeting held on Monday along with JP Nadda.
In fact, the problem faced by the BJP is to share the seat with the weaker Indian Shohit Hamala Am Dal (Nishad). The regional party claims support from politically important fishing communities and has backed its demand for two seats, citing preferences and allied religions. Nishad Party president and minister Sanjay Nishad is currently camping in Delhi to drum up support for his demand.
The Nishad Party has captured Majhwa assembly seat in Mirzapur district and Kathari assembly seat in Ambedkar Nagar and is vying for the party’s symbol in the 2022 assembly elections. The by-election has become necessary as Nishad Party MLA Vinod Bind (BJP candidate) from Majhwa becomes MP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
What is the argument of the Nishad Party?
Nishad Party sources believe that what we are seeking is logical and based on an earlier experiment in 2019 that Santosh, then BJP ally Apunadar’s MLA, Sangam Lal Gupta used Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party to represent Pratapgarh. MP. He said that during the Lok Sabha by-elections held after Sangam Lal Gupta became MP, Apna Dal (S) as a member of the BJP-Apur Nadar (S) alliance , pushing its candidates to the seats.
He said, “Even in Kattari, we are facing a situation where the Apnadar (S) candidate, despite losing the Rampurswar assembly seat in the 2022 elections, has filed a petition against the cancellation Svar provincial councilor Abdullah Azam’s qualifications because he “fielded his candidate immediately after the election.”
Voting on November 13 for 9 seats
According to the Election Commission, polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats Karhal, Kundarki, Katehari, Sisamau, Khair, Ghaziabad Sadar, Mirapur, Majhwa and Phulpur will be held on November 13 and counting of votes will take place on November 23. The Milkipur seat in Ayodhya district is yet to be declared due to a court case.
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP handed over 10 seats in Majewat and Kattari to its ally Nishad Party and fielded its own candidates in all remaining seats. The Nishad Party won in Majhwa but lost in Katehri. On the other hand, out of the eight seats, the BJP won only Khel, Ghaziabad Sadar and Phulpur seats. However, the SP won 5 victories while its then ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) won 1 victory.