The opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. might face one other jolt within the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections as rumors recommend that Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary might be a part of the Bharatiya Janata Get together-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA). Based on ABP Information sources, the RLD has been provided three Lok Sabha seats and one Rajya Sabha seat by the BJP. Nevertheless, there was no affirmation from both aspect. The BJP has proposed 4 Lok Sabha seats – Kairana, Baghpat, Mathura, and Amroha – to the RLD in Uttar Pradesh.
If the rumors change into true, then hassle might escalate additional for I.N.D.I.A., a bloc fashioned by the opposition events to tackle Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP, which just lately witnessed the exit of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who joined the NDA and have become the Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time.
Jayant Chaudhary Will Not Let Combat For Farmers Weaken: Akhilesh Yadav
Amid studies of Chaudhary planning to affix forces with the NDA, Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that he’s an informed particular person and he is not going to let the battle for farmers weaken. “Jayant Chaudhary is an informed particular person, and he understands politics rather well. I’m hopeful that he is not going to let the battle for farmers weaken,” Akhilesh Yadav mentioned, as quoted by information company ANI.
It’s price mentioning that almost three weeks in the past, Yadav introduced his occasion’s alliance with the RLD for the LS polls, that are slated to happen in April-Might this 12 months. RLD agreed to battle in alliance on 7 to eight seats out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, with many of the seats in Western UP, ANI reported, citing sources.
The Samajwadi Get together can be putting an alliance with the Congress for the upcoming polls, with the grand previous occasion anticipated to contest 11 seats.
BJP Is Deceptive Media: Shivpal Yadav
The SP chief’s spouse and Samajwadi Get together MP, Dimple Yadav, additionally exuded confidence that Chaudhary will not take such a choice.
Whereas chatting with reporters in Parliament within the nationwide capital, Dimple Yadav mentioned, “The best way the Bharatiya Janata Get together has been working towards the farmers and the way in which our wrestlers have been insulted by the BJP, I do not suppose RLD nationwide president Jayant Chaudhary will take any step that may injury our farmers immediately,” as quoted by ANI.
Aside from this, Samajwadi Get together chief Shivpal Yadav additionally mentioned that RLD will stay within the INDIA bloc fold. “I do know Jayant (Singh) very nicely. They’re secular folks. The BJP is simply deceptive the media. They (the RLD) will stay within the I.N.D.I.A. alliance and defeat the BJP,” he mentioned, as quoted by ANI. SP and RLD had contested the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections 2022 collectively.
RLD’s Election Historical past
UP Meeting Elections
In 2002, RLD fought the UP Meeting elections on 38 seats in coalition with the BJP and bagged 14 of them. Within the succeeding meeting polls in 2007, RLD went solo on 254 seats and managed to win 10 of them.
In 2012, Jayant Chaudhary-led occasion fought UP polls in coalition with the Congress on 46 seats, managing to win 9 of them.
The UP meeting polls 2017 was an enormous upset for the RLD because it registered a win on merely one seat out of the 277 contested.
In 2022, the RLD went with SP and gained 8 out of 33 seats it contested.
Lok Sabha Polls
In 1999 Lok Sabha elections, RLD gained 2 seats out of the 15 contested. In 2004, RLD fought polls in coalition with the SP and gained three out of 10 seats.
In 2009, the occasion went with the BJP and gained 5 out of seven seats. The LS polls 2014 which the RLD fought in coalition with the Congress was the occasion’s worst efficiency because it didn’t handle to bag even a single seat. The poor run continued for the RLD in 2019 normal elections because it did not open its account but once more.