Key Poll In Uttar Pradesh First Big Test For INDIA Bloc
NDTV
Ghosi bypoll result will have no impact on the ruling BJP's fortunes in the UP Assembly but it may provide an insight into INDIA's pull in next year's Lok Sabha poll.
Days after the INDIA opposition alliance said it would contest future elections "together as far as possible", the 28-member bloc is on the eve of one of its first electoral tests - the Ghosi bypoll in eastern Uttar Pradesh, which should see the Congress, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) and Left parties turn out in support of the Samajwadi Party candidate. #WATCH | Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav says, "Nothing remains for BJP in Ghosi by-elections because the people there have decided that our candidate Sudhakar Singh, who takes care of people, will be made victorious with a record number of votes." pic.twitter.com/Wc0Ywcd0ow #WATCH | Mau (UP): "Ghosi by-poll is important. Only those people can understand the importance of Ghosi by-polls who witnessed the 2005 Mau riots closely. In 2005, the Samajwadi Party was ruling the government...," says UP CM Yogi Adityanath in his address at a public rally. pic.twitter.com/Y6Es13eZyO
Speaking to reporters ahead of polling on Tuesday, SP boss Akhilesh Yadav declared that the people of Ghosi had made up their minds to hand his party's candidate a "record win". "Nothing remains for BJP in Ghosi by-elections because the people have decided our candidate - Sudhakar Singh, who takes care of people - will be victorious with record number of votes," the ex-UP Chief Minister said.
Akhilesh Yadav also hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and its heavyweight campaign to reclaim the Ghosi seat, which has included controversial speeches by the current CM - Yogi Adityanath. "No matter which ministers go (to Ghosi)... result won't change. Instead, they (the BJP) should answer this - in 10 years of government at centre and six in UP, what development took place?"
