Shivpal Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party s candidate for the Budaun Lok Sabha seat, has accused district officials of working for the BJP, threatening village heads and others to support the ruling party. He has lodged a complaint with the District Magistrate and threatened to approach the Election Commission if action is not taken. Responding to PM Modi s comment on Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav s alliance as a "flop show," Yadav defended them, stating that leaders never fail.
Samajwadi Party national general secretary Shivpal Yadav, who is the party s official candidate from the Budaun Lok Sabha seat, on Wednesday announced that his son Aditya Yadav will be contesting from this seat in his place on demand of people. Addressing a meeting here, Yadav said that Aditya would contest from this seat on demand of youths and will file his nomination in Navratri.
In an apparent climbdown, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said he never demanded the party ticket for his son Aditya Yadav from the Budaun Lok Sabha seat.
The SP has named Shivpal Yadav as its candidate from Budaun Lok Sabha seat. He, however, wanted his son to be fielded from this
Sanghmitra Maurya is the daughter of Swami Prasad Maurya, once a minister in the BJP government, who parted ways and aligned with the Samajwadi Party (SP) just before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elections. The BJP has denied her ticket from Budaun Lok Sabha seat and instead fielded regional president of the Braj Prant , Durvijay Singh Shakya.