UP By Election 2024
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By-election is being held on Karhal assembly seat of Mainpuri. As much as the name of this assembly seat is settled, the political equations here are equally complicated. This time, the sons-in-law of two political leaders are in the fray in the political battle.
While SP’s candidate is Tej Pratap Yadav, son-in-law of former Chief Minister of Bihar, BJP has fielded Anujesh, son-in-law of SP founder late former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh. Karhal is also one of the four assembly seats in the district.
Since the formation of SP, its dominance remained intact here except for the 2002 elections. In 2002, Sobran Singh Yadav became MLA on BJP ticket. After this he joined SP. He became MLA from here on SP ticket for three consecutive times.
When SP President Akhilesh Yadav decided to contest the assembly elections in 2022, Sobran Singh proposed to contest from Karhal. Akhilesh contested the elections from Karhal and won by defeating BJP candidate Union Minister Dr. SP Singh Baghel.