Understand Akhilesh Yadav’s mind game from the timeline. He raised the issue of Mayawati in the India Alliance meeting held in Delhi. He asked the Congress leaders from where these news of alliance with BSP were coming. After all, what is Congress’s stand on this? The answer was given by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. He said that this is all a story created by the media. Our alliance is with you. We are preparing to contest elections with Samajwadi Party.
Despite this claim of the Congress President, many party leaders continued claiming coordination with BSP. In the name of stopping BJP, he kept appealing to his sister to come along. Shocked and upset, Akhilesh Yadav even said that who will guarantee Mayawati? She can go to any side after the elections.
On her birthday, Mayawati gave the biggest gift to Akhilesh Yadav. He refused any alliance with Congress. He said that his party BSP will contest the elections alone. Mayawati said that she does not get any benefit from the alliance. Whenever BSP formed an alliance, it suffered losses. Akhilesh Yad has been in full form since Mayawati’s announcement of Ekla Chalo. He is continuously playing on the front foot. He is in no mood to give up any political ground for Congress.
His alliance with Rashtriya Lok Dal dates back to before the last Lok Sabha elections. Last time BSP was also with us. Then RLD had got only three seats. This time without even talking to Congress, he announced to give seven seats to Jayant Chaudhary.
SP declared candidates on 16 seats
In Bihar, Nitish Kumar was doing homework to leave RJD and join hands with BJP. Just a day before his swearing in, Akhilesh Yadav dropped a bomb on the Congress. He announced to leave 11 seats for Congress on social media site X. It was not even told on which formula all this happened. What are the 11 seats left for Congress? Then on Tuesday he announced 16 candidates of Samajwadi Party. Some of these seats are those on which Congress wanted to contest elections. Congress Alliance Committee member Salman Khurshid himself wants to contest elections from Farrukhabad. He has also been an MP from here. But Akhilesh has given his candidate from here. Similarly, Akhilesh has finalized the tickets from Kheri and Lucknow also.
Akhilesh is doing double dose politics
Akhilesh Yadav has not stopped here. He has even made preparations to contest elections from Varanasi and Mirzapur. He has fixed in-charges for both the Lok Sabha seats. This responsibility has been given to Surendra Patel from Varanasi and Uttam Singh Patel from Mirzapur. UP Congress President Ajay Rai wants to contest elections from Varanasi. He has been contesting elections from here before also. But Samajwadi Party has staked claim on this seat also. Akhilesh Yadav is working on the strategy of double dose. Akhilesh’s bet is that the blame for breaking the alliance should not fall on him. But he has made the situation like this for Congress. Like a mountain in front and a ditch behind.
Whereas Congress people were asking for 30 seats. Then the matter reached 18 to 21. But Akhilesh Yadav has put the ball in Congress’s court by leaving 11 seats. Either accept it or go your own way. Congress people are not able to understand what to do. Akhilesh Yadav’s first reaction has come after the party decided on 16 tickets. He says that we are together to defeat NDA. Akhilesh said that only those who deserve to win will fight. So how can it be understood that Congress does not have a leader capable of winning?
