Amid the voting for the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat, the Samajwadi Party suffered one other setback whereas grappling with the cross-voting worry. The occasion’s Chief Whip and MLA from the Unchahar meeting constituency Manoj Kumar Pandey resigned from the publish whereas the voting for the essential ballot was underway. “I have requested the party chief to accept my resignation from the post of Chief Whip,” mentioned SP MLA Manoj Kumar Pandey when he was going to fulfill Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh.
The determination adopted a growth the place 8 MLAs, essential to the occasion, opted to skip a dinner hosted by occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav – a worrisome signal for the occasion amidst the hypothesis of cross-voting within the upcoming Upper House election. Pandey can be anticipated to fulfill Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath later and key BJP leaders after casting his vote.
In one other growth, Samajwadi Party MLA from Gauriganj Sadar Rakesh Pratap Singh raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant whereas speaking to the media thus indicating his leaning in direction of the BJP. It’s additionally being reported that Akhilesh Yadav had some heated exchanges with occasion’s Sirathu MLA Pallavi Patel throughout casting of the votes. It’s being reported that Pallavi Patel could be part of the BJP.
The repercussions of this inside strife prolong past the instant influence on the Samajwadi Party’s probabilities within the Rajya Sabha election. The spectre of cross-voting provides an extra layer of concern for the occasion, particularly within the months main as much as the final election. With the SP slated to contest 63 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as a part of the INDIA alliance, any inside discord previous the polls would undoubtedly deal a extreme blow to the occasion’s electoral prospects.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has put up eight Rajya Sabha candidates and the Samajwadi Party 3 for the ten seats at stake. As per the numbers within the Legislative Assembly, the BJP is assured to win 7 seats whereas the SP ought to win 3 seats. However, there are studies that a number of MLAs might cross-vote. Reports counsel at the least 8 MLAs had been lacking from the dinner and now the worry is these legislators might abstain from the vote or corss vote, both of which is able to end in BJP successful its eighth seat within the state. The BJP, nonetheless, is assured in getting the numbers to win all of the eights seats the place they’ve put up candidates.
