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Akhilesh needs right cards to scare BJP, may go solo in 2022 polls

Following the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, SP nad BSP snapped ties

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The gamble of the SP contesting the by-polls on its own paid handsome returns with the party winning three (Rampur, Zaidpur and Jalalpur) of the 11 seats, thus wresting a seat each from the BJP and the BSP, while retaining its pocket borough of Rampur.

Virendra Singh Rawat

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 03 2019 | 8:05 PM IST

In the run-up to the recent by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav was largely missing from action on the ground.

While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had hit the campaign trail by touring all the 11 Assembly constituencies up for grabs before voting took place on October 21, Yadav only showed up to address a public meeting in Rampur for SP nominee Tazeen Fatma, the wife of embattled Mohammad Azam Khan, currently faced with scores of police cases filed by the state government.

Even as the socialist party had upped the ante against the state government through social media

Topics : Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Mayawati Yogi Adityanath

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