Give in Maharashtra, take in UP, Akhilesh's 'clap with two hands' formula for Rahul

New Delhi: The date of by-election on nine seats of Uttar Pradesh Assembly has been announced. Voting will be held here on November 13, while the counting of votes will be done on November 23. This by-election is being seen as a semi-final before the assembly elections to be held in UP after two years.
The assembly elections in UP are to be held in early 2027. BJP has been winning continuously for the last two elections. After 14 years of exile, BJP returned to power in UP in 2017 and Yogi Adityanath became the Chief Minister of the state for the first time. Since then, the political situation in UP has changed a lot. Mayawati's party BSP is getting weaker day by day. Mayawati, who has been the Chief Minister of UP four times, now faces the biggest challenge of saving her Jatav vote bank. Azad Samaj Party MP Chandrashekhar Azad is becoming popular among Dalit youth. Direct contest between BJP and SP in UP
This time in the by-elections of the UP assembly, there is a direct contest between the NDA and the All India Alliance. Broadly speaking, the election is between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh Yadav has even decided the candidates for six assembly seats. Sources have informed that talks with the Congress on seat sharing may begin soon, but Maharashtra is also a problem in this.
The Samajwadi Party is in the mood to contest elections on at least 10 seats in Maharashtra. Currently, the party has two MLAs in Maharashtra. Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is going to visit Maharashtra this week. He will be in Malegaon on October 18. While the next day he will visit Dhule. Now call it a coincidence or an experiment, both these seats have MLAs from Asaduddin Owaisi's party. The relationship between Akhilesh Yadav and Owaisi has always been tumultuous. Akhilesh feels that AIMIM divides Muslim votes. Owaisi has alleged that in the Samajwadi Party, Muslim leaders only get the job of spreading the carpet.
Akhilesh will give concessions to Congress on Maharashtra!
Samajwadi Party is serious about Maharashtra elections. Akhilesh Yadav wants to expand the party at national level. That is why the party is reaching wherever elections are held. Samajwadi Party's performance in Jammu Kashmir was very poor. Akhilesh Yadav did not even go there to campaign. His party was also preparing to contest elections on two seats in Haryana, but Congress or rather Bhupendra Singh Hooda did not agree to this. Still Akhilesh Yadav decided not to contest elections in Haryana in support of Congress, but he is not in the mood to give any more concessions to Congress regarding Maharashtra.
Principle of Give with one hand, Take with the other
Akhilesh Yadav has only one message for Congress. Give in Maharashtra and take in UP. The formula is that it takes two hands to clap. If Samajwadi Party gets respectable seats in Maharashtra, then Congress will have respect in UP. UP Congress President Ajay Rai has demanded 5 out of 10 assembly seats from many platforms, but Akhilesh Yadav can leave only two seats for Congress, although many of his close leaders are talking about giving only Ghaziabad seat. If Akhilesh Yadav gets seats as per his wish in Maharashtra, then three seats can also go to Congress's account. These seats are - Ghaziabad, Khair and Meerapur. The friendship of Congress and Samajwadi Party is based on the principle of give with one hand and take with one hand.