UP by-polls: BSP candidate Dr Avnish Shakya files nomination from Karhal constituency
Oct 24, 2024
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 24 : The Bahujan Samaj Party candidate from the Karhal Assembly seat, Dr Avnish Shakya filed his nomination for the Assembly by-elections on Thursday.
The by-poll was necessitated in the Karhal constituency following Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's resignation after being elected from Kannauj as MP.
Earlier on Monday, the SP candidate from the Karhal Assembly seat, Tej Pratap Singh Yadav filed his nomination for the Assembly by-elections.
Nominations will continue to be accepted for the by-elections of the 9 assembly seats in UP until October 25.
Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav expressed confidence in winning the Karhal bye-election and said, "Samajwadi party will win big in Karhal by-elections... The party and workers and fully prepared and seeing the Lok Sabha election results, we are all very positive about the by-election results. Our strategy will remain the same."
SP candidate Tej Pratap Yadav said, "BJP is yet to find a candidate. The public has made up their mind. They are with the Samajwadi Party. Samajwadi Party will win this seat by a big margin."
The Uttar Pradesh bypolls are slated to be held on nine Assembly seats including Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Phulpur, and Katehari.
While polling will take place on November 13, counting of votes is scheduled for November 23, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced.
The poll body has announced bypolls for nine of the 10 vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, except Milkipur of Ayodhya district.
The Election Commission has kept the polling for the Milkipur seat in Ayodhya in abeyance due to the pending election petition, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad said that the seat has become very important as it is connected to Akhilesh Yadav and Ayodhya.
The bypolls are spread over 15 states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
