In what could be another setback for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Imran Masood on Sunday confirmed that he will soon join the Samajwadi Party as the fight in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections is mainly between the SP and the BJP. Was. Masood’s move was anticipated since September last year, when he openly praised the Samajwadi Party as the main contender for the 2022 UP elections.
According to news agency ANI, All India Congress General Secretary Imran Masood said, “The current political situation indicates that there is a direct fight between BJP and Samajwadi Party in UP. I will hold a meeting with my supporters tomorrow and then ask Akhilesh ji for time.
Masood became an independent MLA from Muzaffarabad assembly seat in 2007. He defeated Jagdish Singh Rana of SP. He has also won the election of Saharanpur Municipality President. In 2012, he contested the assembly elections from Nakur but lost. In 2014, he contested from Saharanpur on a Congress ticket. In this, he stood second by getting about 4.10 lakh votes. He then contested from Nakur assembly constituency in 2017 assembly election but lost to BJP candidate Dharam Singh Saini by nearly 1,300 votes. Along with the assembly, Imran Masood has also tried his luck in the Lok Sabha elections but could not win.
Earlier, Masood, a former MLA and Congress leader from the western part of the state, had praised the SP for fueling speculations of joining the party, days after Masood also met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a wedding ceremony. Had it. The exodus in the Congress continues as several senior leaders, including Jitin Prasada, have recently joined the BJP. Besides this, Congress Rae Bareli (Sadar) MLA Aditi Singh had recently joined the BJP.
Earlier, Harendra Malik, another close aide of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, had resigned from the Congress along with her son and state vice-president and former MLA Pankaj Malik. One thing that was common to most of the defectors was the allegations of being sidelined and ignored in the party. At the same time, many senior Congress leaders have expressed concern about the behavior of people close to Priyanka Gandhi.
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