Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party may have missed out on securing a Rajya Sabha seat for BSP’s Bhim Rao Amdedkar, but the party does have an opportunity to send him to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council as elections to them are scheduled for April 26.
There are 13 seats up for grabs as the term of some of the big big names like SP National president Akhilesh Yadav, SP Spokesperon Rajendra Chaudhary and SP State President Naresh Uttam come to an end.
However, with the option of two seats in Legislative Council, Akhilesh Yadav might secure one seat for a Samajwadi Party candidate and for the second seat he might send BSP’s Bhim Rao Ambedkar, who lost Rajya Sabha elections recently.
If Ambedkar is chosen for the Legislative Council, it will be seen as a gesture from Akhilesh to show respect and to strengthen the relations further with the Bahujan Samaj Party ahead of the general elections next year.