Lucknow, Sept. 30 -- Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav, while defending fielding an industrialist from his party in the Rajya Sabha polls, hinted that there could be more surprises and the party could field a 3rd candidateHe said that in a democracy, decisions should be made based on numerical strength. Whoever has the most votes should get the chance. The decision on the third candidate will be made public once the vote count is complete.
"I have asked the MLAs to take revenge this time against what happened in the 2024 RS polls when our official candidate lost due to cross-voting by our legislators," he said while claiming that several BJP MLAs were in touch with him as they fear not getting a ticket in the assembly polls...