Last Wednesday, the get together introduced candidates from the Mehgaon, Bhander (SC), Niwari and Rajnagar seats within the Bundelkhand and Gwalior-Chambal belts, each situated close to the UP border. Of these six seats, the Congress gained three and completed second on two others within the 2018 Assembly elections. The SP, which is contemplating contesting extra seats, will problem each the Congress and the BJP in these constituencies.

The SP state president in Madhya Pradesh, Ramayan Singh Patel, dominated out the potential of the get together contesting the Assembly elections in alliance with the Congress. “The decision about the alliance in any state is taken by the party’s national leadership. But, as of now, we don’t see any possibility of such an alliance in Madhya Pradesh for the Assembly polls. Our national president has yet to take the final decision in this regard,” Patel advised PTI Sunday.

The SP’s transfer comes at a time when the Congress has introduced it gained’t area a candidate within the Ghosi Assembly bypoll in UP and prolonged its help to the SP nominee. UP Congress president Ajay Rai issued the assertion of help on Saturday. The SP’s technique extends to Uttarakhand as effectively, the place it has fielded a candidate within the Bageshwar Assembly bypoll, the place the Congress is up towards the BJP.

SP in Madhya Pradesh

In 2018, the Congress gained Rajnagar, defeating the BJP by 792 votes. The SP candidate acquired 23,783 votes on the time. The SP got here second in Niwari.

The Akhilesh Yadav-led get together’s transfer flies within the face of his latest proposal that the Congress ought to help the candidates of its regional companions towards the BJP in areas the place these events are robust. The Congress is the strongest INDIA companion in Madhya Pradesh and the SP’s place is marginal at greatest.

Ramayan Singh Patel advised The Indian Express, “Akhilesh Yadav ji has asked us to contest across the state. Names of probable candidates have been sent to our top leadership for other seats and the names of our candidates will soon be announced. As far as the INDIA bloc is concerned, it has been formed for the Lok Sabha polls and is ineffective in the Assembly polls, and the SP is free to contest on Assembly seats of its choice.”

Patel stated Akhilesh addressed the get together’s MP unit in Lucknow in July. At the assembly, he expressed hope that the get together would document its best-ever efficiency within the Assembly elections.

Asked about points the SP intends to boost within the MP polls, Patel stated the get together management had known as for a caste-based census within the state. Besides, a month-to-month allowance of greater than Rs 3,000 for the unemployed youth, he stated {that a} authorities assure for enterprise loans for the youth and a mortgage waiver for farmers could be among the many points the get together would take to the individuals.

The SP’s greatest efficiency in Madhya Pradesh was in 2003, when seven of its candidates had been elected. At the time, SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav was the UP chief minister. In 2018, the SP gained simply Bijawar in Chhatarpur district, defeating the BJP. The Congress completed third. But after its candidate Rajesh Shukla was expelled for anti-party actions, he joined the BJP.

In 2013, the get together didn’t win a seat. In 2008, the SP gained Niwari, with Meera Deepak Yadav getting elected. Meera Deepak will likely be main the cost for the SP this time too.

MP Congress spokesperson Ok Ok Misra stated, “The SP’s influence is negligible in MP. The Congress is in a direct fight with the BJP. The INDIA alliance has been formed for 2024. The Congress has no objection if the SP contests Assembly polls as long as it is not going with the BJP.”

The SP is the third get together after the BJP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to declare candidates for the Madhya Pradesh polls. The BJP has launched a listing of 39 candidates and the BSP has come out with a listing of seven nominees.

Though no get together gained a transparent majority in 2018, the Congress emerged because the single-largest get together with 114 seats within the 230-member House. The BJP gained 109 seats. The Congress fashioned a coalition authorities underneath Kamal Nath with the help of the SP, the BSP, and Independent candidates. But, the federal government collapsed after 15 months when a piece of Congress MLAs, most of them loyal to Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, joined the BJP.

The BJP returned to energy in March 2020 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as soon as once more because the chief minister.