Mainpuri:Samajwadi Party (SP) President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday expressed confidence that his party would script a "new history of success" in the Karhal Assembly constituency where bypoll is due on November 13.
Speaking to reporters after party candidate Tej Pratap Yadav filed his nomination for the bypoll in his presence, Akhilesh Yadav said the people of Karhal and Mainpuri have always supported the SP and its founder late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and the coming election will be no different.
The bypoll in Karhal has been necessitated after sitting MLA Akhilesh Yadav resigned following his election as an MP from Kannauj in June this year. "Karhal has always given historic victories to the Samajwadi Party. This time our candidate will win with an even bigger margin," he said.
Reiterating his confidence in SP candidate Tej Pratap, Yadav said all sections of people are rallying behind him. "Tej Pratap will script a historic victory in Karhal," Yadav said. The SP chief also dismissed any challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the "PDA family" representing the "pichre" (backward classes), Dalit and "alpashankhak" (minority) would ensure his party's success.
"The BJP can field any candidate but the PDA family is united and will deliver a historic win for the SP," he claimed. Accusing the BJP of discrimination and injustice towards these groups, Yadav said, "The BJP government has given nothing but unemployment, inflation, and rising crime, which have made life difficult for the common people," he said.