Overview
- The Samajwadi Party will announce 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly candidates only after seat-level surveys, with tickets limited to those judged most likely to win.
- Akhilesh Yadav labeled the BJP as “working like a gang” and sought a full probe into the Kanpur extortion case, citing SIT findings that have led to multiple FIRs and arrests involving police and KDA officials.
- He urged cadres to stay embedded with voters and watch for alleged attempts to tamper with polls, as the SP asked the state election office for the 2003 voter list and key dates for the upcoming roll revision to aid verification.
- Targeting law and order, he condemned the killing of a student in Gorakhpur allegedly by cattle smugglers and demanded Rs 5 crore compensation for the family, while also flagging recent clashes and probes in Ghazipur and Kaushambi.
- Positioning on policy and outreach, he promised to end job outsourcing in favor of permanent posts with reservation and courted the Vishwakarma community with pledges including a grand statue plan, while welcoming the Supreme Court’s interim Waqf order as potential relief.