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News Topical, Digital Desk : Only ten months remain for the assembly elections. The RLD and BJP, which contested the Lok Sabha elections in alliance, are preparing to contest the assembly elections in alliance as well.
Mathura is a stronghold of the BJP, while the RLD has a strong support base here. This could create a dilemma over who will win these seats within the alliance. Currently, the BJP holds all five seats in Mathura. The BJP will not want to give up its winning seats to the RLD.
The RLD has a strong position in Baldev, Govardhan, and Mant. Therefore, it will also want to field its own candidates in these seats. In Chhata, the RLD and the BJP have already engaged in a war of words over this issue. The RLD ranks second in terms of support base in the district.
The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has a large traditional Jat vote share here. RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary has been elected MP from here and MLA from the Mant seat. In addition to Mant, the RLD also holds strong positions in Baldev and Chhata. The Chhata seat is held by BJP's Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan.
These were the equations in 2022
He is the Minister of Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills in the state government. Senior RLD leader Thakur Tejpal Singh is his longtime political rival. The two have faced each other in several elections. Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan is already preparing for the next election.
Meanwhile, Thakur Tejpal Singh has intensified his preparations, claiming that RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary has promised to win the Chhata seat. Pritam Singh, a close associate of Jayant Chaudhary, was the RLD candidate from the Govardhan seat in the 2022 assembly elections.
He is preparing for this election again. The current MLA from this constituency is Meghshyam Singh from the BJP. Puran Prakash from the BJP is the MLA from Baldev. Jat voters are in majority in this constituency. In the last election, Babita Devi of the RLD came in second.
RLD remained divided into two factions
In Mont, BJP candidate Rajesh Chaudhary won, while BSP candidate Shyam Sundar Sharma came in second. Sanjay Lathar, who contested on the SP symbol as part of the SP-RLD alliance, came in third. RLD's Yogesh Nauhwar opposed the seat, leading to considerable controversy. The RLD remained divided into two factions. This time too, the biggest challenge is seat distribution.
The BJP will not want to give its won seats to the RLD. Meanwhile, the RLD will also stake claim to some seats in its strongholds. RLD District President Rajpal Bharangar says that regarding the Chhata seat, Jayant Chaudhary had said that it would be good if he won the seat.
The party leadership will have to decide on seat sharing for the remaining district elections. BJP District President Nirbhay Pandey says that whatever the party leadership decides, action will be taken accordingly. It would be premature to comment on seat sharing at this time.
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