After the Congress, the Left parties–CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(ML)–have prolonged support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for Ghosi meeting seat bypoll on September 5 in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh.
Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) stated: “The choice is critical to defeat the BJP to save the Structure, democracy and the nation and to do away with the bulldozer rule in the state”.
The Communist Party of India additionally despatched a letter of support to the SP excessive command.
The Left parties pledged support to the SP the day after the Congress introduced the support to the SP on Saturday.
In the meantime, Janta Dal (U) additionally introduced its support to the SP on Sunday.
Satendra Patel, UP state unit president of JD(U) stated: “We have now not solely prolonged support however will even marketing campaign for the SP candidate in Ghosi. SP is our accomplice in the INDIA coalition”.
Within the straight struggle between the Samajwadi Party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the SP now has support of Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML), JD(U) and Suheldev Swabhimaan Party (SSP), whereas the BJP has support of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Nishad Party.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had not fielded its candidate from the seat however has not introduced support to any of the contestants.
The bypoll, which is the primary after the opposition INDIA alliance was shaped, will witness a eager contest between the BJP, which has fielded Dara Singh Chauhan and the Samajwadi Party, which gave a ticket to former Ghosi MLA Sudhakar Singh.
Dara Singh Chauhan, a former minister in the Adityanath authorities had joined SP and gained the seat throughout the 2022 meeting elections. He rejoined the BJP final month after resigning from the Meeting seat, necessitating the bypoll.
CPI (ML) state secretary Sudhakar Yadav, in an announcement, stated each INDIA and NDA alliances might be face to face in this bypoll earlier than the 2024 normal elections and therefore it’s crucial to defeat the NDA.
Heeralal Yadav, secretary of the CPI(M), stated that defeating the BJP in U.P. was in the curiosity of individuals of the state, democracy and the Structure.
Mau-Azamgarh belt was as soon as thought of a stronghold of the Left. After independence, this space was represented by Left leaders like Jai Bahadur Singh and Jharkhand Rai and the CPI nationwide secretary Atul Anjaan who had, in the previous, contested kind the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat.
Arvind Raj Swaroop, the state secretary of the CPI has stated {that a} letter of support had been despatched to the SP excessive command.
All of the parties which have prolonged support to the SP are a part of the INDIA coalition of the opposition parties towards the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.