Azad Samaj Party hopes that other opposition parties will not field their candidates in Gorakhpur and support Chandra Shekhar
Team Clarion
LUCKNOW — In a major development, Bhim Army chief and president of Azad Samaj Party (ASP) Chandra Shekhar Azad will contest from Gorakhpur seat against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the state assembly elections.
After failed discussion with Samajwadi Party for his party’s alliance for the upcoming elections Chandra Shekhar had announced his decision to field candidates in around 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh.
The ASP announced on Thursday Chandrashekhar Azad would contest the polls to further B.R. Ambedkar’s motto of Bahujan Hitay, Bahujan Sukhay (welfare and happiness of dalits), according to media report.
आजाद समाज पार्टी काशीराम के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष चन्द्र शेखर आजाद जी गोरखपुर सदर ( 322) से लड़ेंगे विधानसभा चुनाव। @BhimArmyChief pic.twitter.com/cwYWH4C3lm
— Azad Samaj Party (@AzadSamajParty) January 20, 2022
On the other side, the BJP has decided to field Yogi Adityanath from his home ground of Gorakhpur in the upcoming election. There had been talk that CM Yogi would contest from the Ayodhya or Mathura seat this time around.
Though the battle between Yogi Adityanath and Chandra Shekhar will mainly be one of perception, Azad Samaj Party hopes that other opposition parties will not field their candidates in Gorakhpur and support Chandra Shekhar to fight out the BJP.
Uttar Pradesh is going to vote to form a new government in a seven-phase poll from February 10, the results of which will be declared on March 10.
