Azamgarh, July 3: There has been a lapse in the security of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Azamgarh. Akhilesh was sitting on the stage after the griha pravesh puja of the new house, when suddenly a young man from the crowd arrived and jumped over the barricades. The policemen tried to catch him, but he reached near the stage by pushing and elbowing them.
When the police surrounded him near the stage, he lay down there. He started shouting slogans with folded hands. After this, the policemen somehow removed him from there. It could not be ascertained who the young man was. The police is still investigating.
Actually, Akhilesh has built a new house in 72 biswa in Azamgarh. Today he reached alone and performed the griha pravesh puja. This house has Akhilesh’s office room, 3 personal rooms, an office for the secretary and a big hall for supporters. It is built in Anwarganj, 7 km away from the district headquarters.
There is a crowd of more than 25 thousand people in Akhilesh’s griha pravesh program. SP MLA Alam Badi said from the stage – Netaji used to say that one of my houses is in Etawah and the other is in Azamgarh. Today SP President Akhilesh Yadav has fulfilled his dream. By building an office in Azamgarh, he told that this second house of Netaji has also been inhabited.
Till now Akhilesh used to monitor the seats of Madhyanchal from Lucknow and those of Western UP from Saifai. In such a situation, Purvanchal remained untouched. To fulfil this deficiency, Akhilesh has chosen Azamgarh. Through this, Akhilesh will manage 117 seats of Purvanchal.
SP wants to keep its stronghold strong
Mulayam Singh Yadav won the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in 2014. After this, Akhilesh Yadav won the election in 2019. Then in 2022, Akhilesh resigned from the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat due to not getting the expected seats in the assembly elections. Then the Lok Sabha by-election was held. In which SP candidate and Akhilesh’s cousin Dharmendra Yadav was defeated by the BJP. Then Dharmendra Yadav won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. There are a total of 10 assembly seats in Azamgarh, all of which are occupied by SP. In such a situation, SP considers Azamgarh as its traditional seat. In such a situation, SP wants to keep this stronghold strong.
SP’s eye on 117 seats of Purvanchal
SP will try to win 117 seats of Purvanchal from Azamgarh. SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav, who monitors Madhyanchal from the capital Lucknow, is monitoring the seats of Western Uttar Pradesh from Saifai. In such a situation, Purvanchal was being left untouched. To fill that gap, SP chose its old stronghold Azamgarh.