This is like a nightmare for the Congress party which has become very powerful in the country. This is very shocking news, especially for the UP Congress. Things get dire for soldiers when they admit defeat before going into battle. In fact, by-elections will be held on November 13 for nine assembly seats in UP. Akhilesh Yadav made a major announcement on Wednesday night, saying that alliance candidates will contest in all nine seats under the Samajwadi Party symbol. Akhilesh Yadav announced this through a long post on social media platform X. The announcement by the Socialist Party president is important as there has been a long-standing dispute between Congress and the Socialist Party over the distribution of seats. Now it seems that the Congress party has become worried about the actions of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in the Indian alliance, or the Congress party has not decided to fight at all.
Whether this decision was correct may be disputed. But it’s definitely an embarrassment for Congress. Even if the Samajwadi Party cedes some weak seats to the Congress, the Congress should be martyred in the battle. What if they lose their seats, at least the enthusiasm of the Congress workers for the party will not be affected. It’s like running away without a fight. To avoid embarrassment, it’s like the Samajwadi Party hides its face in its own paruli. After all, why and how does this happen and why is it a setback for the Congress? let’s see.
1- Akhilesh said that the joint candidate will use SP symbol, but this is not the case.
Akhilesh Yadav wrote a long post on X to console the Congress members after they were not given a seat to the Congress. Akhilesh wrote…
According to this strategy, the joint candidates of the “India Alliance” will contest the elections in all 9 seats marked by the Samajwadi Party’s symbol “Circle”. The Congress Party and the People’s Party are united and fighting side by side to strive for a great victory. The Indian Alliance will surely write a new chapter of victory in this by-election. With the gathering of top Congress leadership and booth-level workers, the power of the Samajwadi Party has increased manifold. With this unprecedented cooperation and support, every worker of the “Indian Alliance” was filled with new energy and declared victory in all 9 parliamentary seats. This is an election to save the country’s constitution, harmony and the honor of the PDA. Therefore, our appeal to everyone is: Do not reduce one vote, do not split one vote. The spirit of harmony and unity of the “Indian Union” for the national interest will also write a new history today and tomorrow.
Akhilesh Yadav said in his post, “This is not about winning seats”. Does this mean Akhilish thinks the Congressional candidate cannot win? Doesn’t Akhilesh know how many votes the Congress got from Mali seat in the Lok Sabha elections? The question is, why were not one or two seats offered to Congress?
Akhilesh Yadav writes that the power of the Samajwadi Party has increased exponentially as workers from the top leadership of the Congress party to the booth level have come together. Who is Akhilesh saying this to? Not only Akhilesh but also the people of the state were unaware that the booth level of the Congress was empty of workers. This is the party’s only weakness. Otherwise, the core voters of Congress are already here. Perhaps because of this, Akhilish does not want to see Congress become more powerful. Akhilesh knew that if the Congress had even the slightest chance, the entire socialist base in Uttar Pradesh would be shaken. Because the Dalit votes that the Samajwadi Party got in the Lok Sabha elections were not because of Akhilesh Yadav. A large number of Dalits voted for the Samajwadi Party along with the Congress because of the Congress and Rahul Gandhi. The same is true for the Muslim vote. The situation today will be such that if a Muslim has to choose between the Socialist Party and the Congress Party, then the Congress Party will be his first choice.
2- This is a direct withdrawal of Congress from the field.
In fact, there are fears that the Congress party will refuse to contest the by-elections as it does not get the seats it needs. It is understood that the Congress party does not want to bet on losing seats. Akhilesh Yadav left his seat in Ghaziabad and Khair for the Congress. As we all know, it is almost impossible for the Congress to win these two seats. But just like in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress had an equal contest for many such seats where it could not find a candidate. Even if the Congress considers Ghaziabad and Khel as almost unwinnable seats, the party should field candidates. And the fight was supposed to be intense.
If the Congress party is playing the unbreakable game of protecting its reputation to the death, then this is enough to sink it into rock bottom. This lowered the morale of party members and cadres. Akhilesh Yadav should also get at least one must-win seat in the Congress. For example, if the Congress had seats like Phulpur and Mirapur, it could have won here too. Currently, Akhilesh Yadav is not following the dharma of the league. He may have done so because Congress also did not follow its alliance with him in many states.
3-Congress has surrendered, can it still have a foothold in UP?
It is said that former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao did not want Congress to become strong in Uttar Pradesh. Because he understood that if the Congress became strong in UP, his position in the government would become weaker. He formed an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Almost all seats went to the Popular Socialist Party. He agreed to run for Congress with less than 10% of the seats. In this way Narasimha Rao achieved his purpose. The result was that Congress ended up in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress party has so far failed to gain a foothold in Uttar Pradesh. Kneeling to the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections will have a similar effect. But today Congress no longer has such a mandate. Rahul Gandhi knew that if he wanted to form a government at the Centre, his path was through UP.
4- Will national organizations and congressional voters accept this decision?
Workers of any political party hope that they can progress with the party. In this day and age, no one has the patience to wait another five years. When a party member sees the leadership surrendering to the Socialist Party, he will consider joining the Socialist Party instead of remaining in the Congress Party. As happened after Narasimha Rao took his decision. When the Congress handed itself over to the Popular Socialist Party. Congress president Ajay Rai has continuously said that he is preparing for the Uttar Pradesh by-elections. Not just Ajay Rai, many workers and political analysts also believe that Congress will definitely gain some seats. But no one expected that the person involved would kneel down like this.
5- It would be better if Rahul Gandhi announces fielding a joint candidate.
If the plan for a joint candidate is agreed upon by both parties after talks between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, then the plan should be presented to the public by Rahul Gandhi MP. Since that didn’t happen, the message to people was that this was a forced decision. Thus, in every state where the party is strong, it hopes to deny Congress some seats and field only joint candidates. If this starts to happen, it is impossible to imagine a worse day for the Congress party. The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh has not had it so bad that it has to contest elections under someone else’s symbol. The votes received by Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha elections show that many candidates received votes in the name of the party. The candidates were very weak, but the public voted overwhelmingly for them.
