“Akhilesh Yadav Declares the Start of ‘Positive Politics’ Following Historic Win

After securing a record number of seats in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav announced on Saturday that the era of “positive politics” has begun.

“While on one hand, NDA has won, on the other hand, Samajwadi Party has emerged as the third-largest party in the country… Negative politics has ended, and an era of positive politics has begun. The people’s issues have won,” Yadav said while addressing the media in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.

Earlier in the day, the SP Chief held a meeting with the newly elected MPs and discussed further strategy. After their significant victory in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party is now gearing up to cancel the membership of rebel MLAs who stood against the party in the Rajya Sabha elections and voted in favor of the BJP.

According to sources in the Samajwadi Party, seven SP MLAs, including Chief Whip Manoj Pandey, surprised the party by supporting the BJP’s candidate during the Rajya Sabha elections. This move has angered party president Akhilesh Yadav. Following the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections, Yadav has initiated steps to revoke the membership of these seven MLAs. An official letter is being prepared by the party and will soon be submitted to the UP Legislative Assembly Speaker.

The list of these seven MLAs includes Rakesh Pratap Singh from Amethi Gauriganj, Manoj Pandey from Raebareli Unchahar, Rakesh Pandey from Ambedkarnagar, Pooja Pal from Prayagraj, Vinod Chaturvedi, Ashutosh Verma, and Abhay Singh.

The counting of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was held on Tuesday. According to the Election Commission of India, the Samajwadi Party (SP) won 37 seats, the BJP won 33, Congress won 6, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) won 2, and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and Apna Dal (Soneylal) won 1 seat each in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.