Apni Janata Party Joins Hands with Congress to Form Alliance in UP Assembly Elections

Now small parties have started joining hands with big parties to increase their stature in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Apni Janata Party national president and former minister Swami Prasad Maurya has met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Maurya said that his party will be a part of the INDIA alliance. He will contest the elections together. Swami Prasad Maurya said after the meeting that the party will contest the assembly elections with Rahul Gandhi. He was talked to on many issues. Our goal in the elections is to save the constitution, remove the BJP. We will fight together. We will work to form a coalition government. After meeting Rahul Gandhi, there is a buzz in the political corridors of UP that Swami Prasad Maurya can demand tickets for his colleagues including his son Uttam Maurya. However, no final decision has come out at the alliance level regarding the seats. Swami Prasad Maurya's son Uttam alias Ashok Maurya had met during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, he could not join the Samajwadi Party during the meeting.