"BJP using a well-planned conspiracy": SP MP Dimple Yadav ahead of Milkipur by polls

The SP MP also claimed that the BJP is hoping for a defeat of the SP in the by-poll.

On the Milkipur by-election, Dimple Yadav told reporters here, "...BJP wants the Samajwadi Party to lose the Milkipur by-election by using a well-planned conspiracy... But I am hopeful that the Samajwadi Party will put an end to all these conspiracies and win this by-election..."

Earlier SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav said the bypoll will be the biggest election and demanded that the electoral process be transparent.

"In Milkipur, not any person, but PDA representative is contesting. Milkipur by-election will be the biggest election in the history of by-elections in the country. That is why we want journalists from all over the world to come and see, understand and cover this election. We invite leading scholars of the world to do a case study of this election. We want the Uttar Pradesh government to make this by-election an example of transparent election and invite everyone. Milkipur election is a contest between PDA and the corrupt system of BJP," he said.

The election in the Milkipur constituency was necessitated after the Samajwadi Party's (SP) Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat after being elected to the Lok Sabha from Faizabad in the general election held last year.

The Milkipur bypoll is scheduled for February 5 and votes will be counted on February 8.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai extended support with 'full strength' to its INDIA bloc partner Samajwadi Party for the polls.

"Congress is supporting the INDIA alliance with full strength. It is the work of the BJP to misuse government machinery to win elections but the people of Milkipur will teach them a lesson this time," Rai told ANI a day earlier.

The Congress, Samajwadi Party's INDIA bloc ally, has decided not to field any candidate from Milkipur and has instead announced support for the SP candidate.

For the by-polls, the SP has fielded Awadhesh Prasad's son Ajit Prasad. Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Chandrabhan Paswan from the seat.

He filed his nomination earlier in the month.

Earlier, the SP submitted a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh, demanding webcasting of all 414 polling stations in the Milkipur assembly constituency.

The party has requested that the webcasting link be shared with the candidates and recognised political parties, enabling them to monitor the voting process and ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.

The Milkipur by-poll is expected to be a highly prestigious battle for the BJP, as the party lost the Faizabad parliamentary seat to the Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha election last year. (ANI)