Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Tuesday that the BJP is set to lose all seats in the upcoming by-elections and will face a complete rout in the 2027 state Assembly polls.
The bypolls are to be held for 10 seats that fell vacant following the election of nine legislators to Parliament and the sentencing of one legislator. Although the Election Commission has not yet announced the schedule, it has indicated that the elections will he held within the stipulated time frame.
"The BJP is destined to be wiped out in the 2027 state assembly elections because it is going to lose all the seats in the by-elections," Yadav asserted while addressing party workers at SP's state headquarters here, according to a party statement.
Of the 10 seats up for by-elections, the BJP won three and its ally, the Nishad Party, won one in the 2022 assembly elections. The SP won five seats, and its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), won one seat.
The RLD is now in an alliance with the BJP.
Yadav further enthused the party workers, saying, "The aware public made the Samajwadi Party the third-largest party in the country by electing 37 MPs in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and the BJP's '400 plus' slogan has been debunked."
He also slammed the BJP's "arrogant politics", saying, "The BJP has tarnished the face of democratic institutions. The only alternative that can provide people with a prosperous life is the PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) bloc."
"The PDA is the only political alternative that can rid people of the BJP's negative politics," he added.
Yadav asserted, "It has been confirmed from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that the Samajwadi Party will form the government in Uttar Pradesh in 2027."
He said it is in the BJP's DNA to ensure that no one benefits from its governance.
Yadav criticised the BJP for the economic impact of demonetization and GST, failing to double farmers' income, and for increasing electricity bills without generating any new electricity units.
The former UP chief minister also condemned the BJP's tenure for corruption and mismanagement in education and healthcare sectors.