New Delhi, 10 November (H.S.): Political activity over seat-sharing arrangements between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partners has intensified ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. On Tuesday, NISHAD Party president Dr. Sanjay Nishad met BJP president Nitin Nabin and expressed his party’s desire to contest more seats than it had in the previous Assembly elections.

Speaking to journalists at the BJP headquarters after the meeting, Dr. Sanjay Nishad, national president of the NISHAD Party and a Cabinet Minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, said the alliance that had been in place since 2019 would once again secure a historic victory in the 2027 elections.

“Since we joined the alliance in 2019, we have consistently registered historic victories. The same trend will continue in 2027,” he said.

Nishad said the meeting focused on Uttar Pradesh and discussions were held on strengthening the electoral prospects of the alliance. He added that, as a younger partner in the alliance, he had requested that the party be considered for additional constituencies, particularly those with a sizeable population of the Mallah community.

He said the discussions also covered constituencies where the BJP had not been able to secure victories in the previous elections.

Asked whether the alliance with the BJP would continue, Nishad responded emphatically: “It will certainly continue. The alliance exists today and will remain in place tomorrow as well. We will stay with the alliance we are currently part of.”

It may be recalled that in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, held for all 403 constituencies, the NISHAD Party contested 17 seats and won six.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar