Samajwadi Party has decided not to field a third candidate in the elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav indicated that the party is now eyeing 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh instead of 3 Rajya Sabha seats.
Tezzbuzz DeskAmidst the ongoing political turmoil regarding 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has given a big signal. He has made it clear that SP will not field its third candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. In such a situation, it is considered certain that two candidates of SP and eight candidates of BJP will reach Rajya Sabha unopposed.
Actually, earlier there was discussion that Samajwadi Party can announce the name of its third candidate on Tuesday, October 6 and the candidate will reach Vidhan Bhawan and file nomination. Tuesday is the last day for nomination for Rajya Sabha elections. However, even before this, Akhilesh Yadav gave indications of the party's strategy through a post on social media.
Akhilesh Yadav wrote, 'Now our eyes are not on three, but on four hundred and three.' His statement is being seen as an indication of increasing the party's focus on 403 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh instead of three Rajya Sabha seats.
Two SP candidates have already filed nomination
Samajwadi Party had already declared the names of two candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. These included senior national general secretary of the party, Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav is included. He is preparing to go to Rajya Sabha for the sixth time. The other candidate is senior Reliance Group executive Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani.
Both the candidates had filed their nominations on September 30. During this period, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav was also present.
BJP fielded 8 candidates
BJP has announced the names of its eight candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh. The party's list includes three OBC, two Scheduled Caste and three General Category candidates, including two women candidates.
BJP has fielded Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan and Shruti Gangwar as candidates.
The tenure of the current members on these 10 Rajya Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh is ending on 25 November 2026. Elections for these seats are to be held on 16 October 2026 and the last date for filing nominations is 6 October.
Akhilesh targets Election Commission and BJP
Amidst the Rajya Sabha elections, Akhilesh Yadav has also made a scathing attack on the Election Commission and BJP. Before joining the march of India Alliance against the Election Commission in Delhi, he raised questions on the functioning of the Commission.
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission is not working impartially. He said that the Commission believes that only a member of BJP can cast vote. He also alleged booth looting in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and said that many elections have been looted.
Akhilesh Yadav said that the Election Commission is not working under the Constitution and is working only for BJP. He sarcastically said that instead of building a party office, BJP should have taken a floor in the Election Commission office itself, because the work is being done from there.
He also targeted the theory of 'One Nation, One Election' and said that this is being done so that allegations of scams are not made again and again and victory can be achieved by holding elections in one go.