This comes a day after Yadav announced that INDIA bloc candidates will contest all nine seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls on his party's election symbol 'cycle

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,

In a strategic move, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav announces that candidates from the INDIA bloc will contest using the SP's 'bicycle' symbol in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh by-elections. The decision poses challenges for Congress as it adapts to this new coalition dynamic.

Akhilesh Yadav said that the alliance's decision was driven by the goal of winning rather than any seat-sharing arrangement.

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.

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.

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.

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,