LUCKNOW The Aam Aadmi Party has announced that it will extend support and even campaign for Samajwadi Party candidates in the by-polls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Party MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at the Janeshwar Mishra Trust Office here on Monday in this regard.

“If it is not convenient for them (BJP), the by-election in Ayodhya will not be held and the dates for the by-polls will be changed. All this raises questions for the election commission,” Singh told the media after the meeting.

Sanjay Singh added, “I met Akhilesh Ji and there was a positive discussion. In UP polls, Aam Aadmi Party will campaign for SP candidates and we will also attend rallies whenever possible… our main aim is to defeat BJP which is spreading hatred in the country.”

SP has fielded candidates for all nine assembly seats, which will go to polls on November 20. The Congress Party, however, decided not to participate in the contest and announced that being a member of the INDIA bloc, it would extend support to the Samajwadi Party. candidates in the polls.

On the slogan war between SP and BJP, the AAP MLA said, “It seems that Yogi Adityanath has no achievement to share with the people and that is why he is talking ‘batenge tengje’. The state of UP is such that people are being killed in police stations, ex-servicemen are being beaten up, 27,000 govt schools will be closed… the government (BJP) is not giving reservations to OBC youth. No one will be affected by posters or slogans, it’s just a diversion from the core issues.”