By-elections are to be held on Wednesday morning on nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. There is a direct contest between Yogi and Akhilesh on these seats. This election is being considered as the semi-final of the upcoming assembly elections. Both BJP and SP have put in full effort in the by-elections, because by-elections on these seats have become a battle of prestige for both the parties. This by-election in UP is the semi-final of 2027, which will decide the path to the throne of power in UP. This election will prove to be a litmus test for UP as to who will be the next CM, Yogi Adityanath or Akhilesh Yadav.

Direct contest between CM Yogi and Akhilesh

Yogi Adityanath's slogan 'Bantenge to Katenge' is echoing in Maharashtra elections today, which started from UP and is being used in Haryana, Jharkhand, and then Maharashtra. At the same time, this is also the battle of Akhilesh Yadav's PDA formula, based on which Akhilesh Yadav won more seats in UP than BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. There is a contest between 90 candidates on nine seats of this by-election and there is a triangular contest between BJP-SP and BSP on all nine seats, but the direct contest is between BJP and SP only.

Which party has given a ticket to whom

If we talk about the 2022 elections on these nine seats, then the Samajwadi Party has 4 seats, NDA has 5 seats, in which BJP has three, and the allies have two seats. While Akhilesh has played the Muslim card in the distribution of tickets, BJP has bet on OBC. BJP has fielded the maximum number of 5 OBC candidates, while one is Dalit and 3 are from upper caste. BJP has not given any ticket to a Muslim. On the other hand, Samajwadi Party has fielded the maximum number of 4 Muslim candidates. Apart from this, there are 3 OBC, and 2 Dalit candidates, while not a single ticket has been given to the upper caste.

Now the voters have to decide whom they will trust this time, whom they will make win, and whom they will make taste the defeat.