In an attempt to spread its wings, the Samajwadi Party has decided to contest Assembly elections in neighbouring State of Madhya Pradesh, party’s national general secretary Kironmoy Nanda said.
“We are hopeful of winning at least 15 seats in MP. We have a strong party organisation and have conditions in the State that are favourable for the party. A slight push will help us in winning over a dozen seats,” Nanda told The Pioneer here on Tuesday. Nanda is heading Samajwadi Party’s election campaign in Madhya Pradesh.
The Samajwadi Party plans to contest at least 190 of 230 seats of its own. In the rest of the seats, the party will either field its own candidates or will support candidates fielded by the like-minded and secular parties. Final decision regarding this will be taken by party president Mulayam Singh Yadav.
It is not the first time SP is fielding candidates in Madhya Pradesh. In 2003 Assembly elections, the SP had won nine seats but in the 2008 polls it failed to open its account. At that time Amar Singh was made in-charge of party’s election campaign in the neighbouring State. At that time too party had contested over 100 seats.