The 142 candidates announced by the Samawjadi Party for the 2017 Assembly polls face the tough test of proving their political viability in next 10 months. The candidates have been communicated in categorical terms by the party that they will have to prove their political worth in coming ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections by establishing winning social combination in their respective constituencies. The SP had conducted the candidate selection exercise for 169 Assembly seats it had lost in 2012, but only 142 candidates have been announced.
The Samajwadi Party grown wiser after facing rebellion from the MlAs during the recent panchyat and legislative Council elections, has sought to give clear message to the party ‘satraps’ that the party leadership is the final authority to decide the tickets.
The SP has conveyed that the senior leaders and Ministers can give their suggestions for selecting candidates in their respective districts but they cannot dictate terms to the party.
In Jaunpur district, the SP has ignored senior leader Parasnath Yadav, Cabinet Minister and former MP and Minister of State Shailendra Yadav. Both wanted tickets for their family members but the party decided for candidates with clean image and command sizeable support in their respective areas. SP candidate lallan Yadav had lost the recent council election from Jaunpur. Both the Ministers had allegedly sabotaged against the party official candidate.
Jwala Prasad Yadav, former MlA will be the SP candidate from Mugra Badshahpur and Javed Siddiqui from jaunpur Sadar seat. RsRsBoth the candidates are not the choice of the two ministers and have been selected by the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav himself’’, said a former minister, whose name also figures in the list of 142 candidates.