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OP Rajbhar takes a jibe at Akhilesh Yadav over Rajya Sabha elections
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News18•06-10-2026, 12:23
OP Rajbhar takes a jibe at Akhilesh Yadav over Rajya Sabha elections
- •Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hinted that the party will not field a third candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections, focusing instead on 400.
- •SBSP president and cabinet minister OP Rajbhar took a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav on social media platform X over his post.
- •With this decision by the SP, all 8 candidates of the BJP and 2 candidates of the SP are set to win uncontested.
- •The move by Akhilesh Yadav has eliminated the threat of cross-voting by MLAs in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Key Questions Answered
Following the Samajwadi Party's decision not to field a third candidate, it is certain that all 8 candidates of the BJP and 2 candidates of the SP will go to the Rajya Sabha. The SP has officially fielded Professor Ram Gopal Yadav and industrialist Dhanraj Nathwani.
Voting for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh will be held on October 16.
SBSP president and cabinet minister OP Rajbhar took a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav on X by writing that it fizzled out and noting that seeing dreams is not a bad thing.
