The BJP has mocked the INDIA bloc, claiming that the Samajwadi Party has ensured a Congress-free state by allocating the 'cycle' symbol to all the alliance candidates.

Yadav asserted the unity between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, stating, "We stand shoulder to shoulder for a significant triumph. The INDIA bloc is poised to write a new chapter of success in this by-election.

Sources said political experts had predicted that the Congress wouldn't be able to win Ghaziabad Sadar and Khair, the two seats which the BJP won earlier, and the party wasn't keen to contest the bypolls after not getting their desired seats.

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav announced that INDIA bloc candidates will contest all nine bypolls seats in Uttar Pradesh using the SP's election symbol - 'cycle'. The alliance aims for a big victory,

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that all INDIA bloc candidates will contest the upcoming bypolls in Uttar Pradesh on his party's election symbol, ‘cycle.’The Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj mentioned that the alliance's decision was driven by the goal of winning rather than any seat-sharing arrangement.

Lucknow: INDIA Bloc candidates will contest on all nine seats in Uttar Pradesh by-polls on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle', Akhilesh Yadav said. Making the announcement on X, Yadav said,

INDIA bloc candidates will contest all nine seats in the upcoming bypolls on his party's election symbol 'cycle', Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav announced on Wednesday.

Congress originally demanded five of 10 assembly seats. The Samajwadi Party, however, last week said the Congress had agreed to contest on two seats, Ghaziabad and Khair (Aligarh), leaving the rest to the SP.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that the candidates of the INDIA bloc would contest all nine seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh byelections under his party's "cycle" symbol. Akhilesh's confidence stems from SP's results in the Lok Sabha elections four months ago.

Speaking about the UP Bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav asserted that the coming election will be fought for the protection of the country's Constitution, peace, and the honour of "Pichchde (backwards), Dalit and Alpsankhyak (Minorities).

Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that all INDIA bloc candidates will fight on cycle symbol in UP Bypolls. Taking to X, Yadav wrote, “It is not about seats but about winning. Under this strategy,