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Samajwadi Party To Nominate Ally Jayant Chaudhary Instead Of Dimple Yadav For Rajya Sabha Polls 2022

Samajwadi Party has decided to nominate RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhary for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Elections instead of Dimple Yadav.

New Delhi: After speculations that the Samajwadi Party chief's wife and former Kanuaj MP Dimple Yadav will be nominated from Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Elections 2022, ABP News sources have confirmed that instead of Yadav, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary will be nominated with SP's support.

Earlier, it was being said that after Kapil Sibal, now Dimple Yadav will be filing the nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections. According to ABP News sources, Dimple Yadav will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Azamgarh.

Congress veteran Kapil Sibal had on Wednesday filed his nomination as an SP-backed Independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls. Javed Ali Khan had filed his nomination for the election as an SP candidate.

"Jayant Chaudhary will be joint candidate of the SP and RLD," the Samajwadi Party said in a tweet from its official Twitter handle.



With 273 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the ruling BJP-led NDA will easily be able to get eight members elected to the Upper House of Parliament, while the SP and its allies (RLD and SBSP), with a strength of 125 legislators, will be able to ensure the victory of three candidates.

Uttar Pradesh sends 31 members to the Rajya Sabha.

11 Members retiring from Rajya Sabha

Among the 11 retiring MPs from the state, five are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three from the SP, two from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one from the Congress.

Among those whose tenures are ending include Sibal, Satish Chandra Mishra of the BSP and Reoti Raman Singh of the SP.

With 403 elected members in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, a candidate will require at least 34 votes for victory.

Which party has an edge in Rajya Sabha now?

The outcome of the state Assembly election held in February-March has changed the equation this time. The Congress has two MLAs in the Assembly, while Mayawati's BSP has one legislator.

Two senior BSP leaders -- Mishra and Ashok Siddharth -- will retire in July, after which the party will have only one member, Ramji Gautam, in the Upper House of Parliament.

The five retiring Rajya Sabha MPs of the BJP are Zafar Islam, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Sanjay Seth, Surendra Nagar and Jai Prakash Nishad.

The SP leaders completing their terms include former Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Sukhram Singh Yadav, whose son Mohit has joined the BJP.

Besides Yadav, the tenure of Reoti Raman Singh and Vishambhar Prasad Nishad will also end in July.

The Election Commission had announced May 24 as the date of notification for the Rajya Sabha polls, while voting will be held on June 10 and the results will be declared the same day.

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