Abhishek Pandey, Bareilly: The opposition alliance (INDIA), formed with the desire to stop the victory chariot of BJP, started adding and subtracting seats. SP is the main opposition party in the state, hence the initiative is being taken from its side.In the last two months, the mood of each seat has been gauged by calling meetings of district level officials in Lucknow. Now preparations are on to put this homework on the ground. SP can adopt the formula of 3-2 for five seats of the division. That is, SP wants to keep three seats with itself, while there can be talk of partnership with allies on two. SP may bet on Dharmendra Yadav from BadaunOnly the two main parties of the opposition alliance, SP and Congress, are active in the division. Among these, SP's figures are stronger, hence the leaders have started doing the mathematics of alliance. This time also in Badaun, there are preparations to field former SP MP Dharmendra Yadav. He won in the years 2009 and 2014. BJP had snatched this seat in the year 2019, but SP does not want to weaken its claim. 

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The party which has made its candidate win six times consecutively, calls this district its stronghold. Dharmendra Yadav is active in the area to get back the political ground lost in the year 2019 with the help of majority of Yadav votes.

SP will field its candidates on these two seats also

Two assembly seats of the district (Shekhupur and Datagant) fall in the Amla parliamentary constituency of Bareilly. SP has decided to field its candidate in this area also. A message has been given by the local leaders till Lucknow that the party candidates have always been in the main fight in Amla, hence the possibility of partnership with Congress should not be created here. The party has made its stand clear on Shahjahanpur as the third seat. Congress won there nine times, but the scenario has changed since 2014. Jitin Prasad, who was a prominent face of Congress, is now a minister in the BJP government. In the last two elections, Congress could not even enter the main battle. In such a situation, SP, which is reminiscent of its two previous victories, will enter the fray, terming itself as the main rival.

SP leaders make their stand clear in the talks on these three seats, but the final decision is yet to be taken from Lucknow.

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The equations of Bareilly and Pilibhit are opposite to these seats. Santosh Gangwar, eight-time MP from Bareilly parliamentary constituency, is planning to contest this time too. Even though he will be crossing the age limit of 75 years in December, his claim is not considered weak.Congress has performed better than SP on the traditional seat of BJP. Keeping this in mind, SP can support the Congress candidate on this seat while following the alliance principle. Some party leaders admit that the caste data in Bareilly parliamentary constituency has not proved favorable. Congress's hand has been held in the past also, this can be repeated this time too.  The most interesting situation is that of Pilibhit. This seat remained with Maneka Gandhi, then Varun Gandhi. In the last election, Varun Gandhi had won as a BJP candidate, but now the situation has changed. There is speculation as to what his next step will be. Amidst this chaos, the SP leadership has decided to do a new experiment. In the meeting held in Lucknow two months ago, the party president had indicated that he was keeping an eye on the equation of Pilibhit. After his stance, it is believed that the party can take a shocking decision there. This seat can be left for the alliance or support can be given to someone else. 

 Source credit: Dainik Jagran