Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Akhilesh Yadav Gets Major Boost In Western UP, Former Congress MLA Imran Masood Extends Support To Samajwadi Party
Lucknow, January 20: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday said former Congress leader Imran Masood has extended support to it, amid reports of his resentment with the party after the ‘denial’ of ticket from the Saharanpur’s Nakud seat.
“Former senior leader Congress Imran Masood has given support to the SP with his supporters,” the party tweeted on Thursday. The SP also shared Masood’s with party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
समाजवादी पार्टी का बढ़ता कारवां।
कांग्रेस के पूर्व वरिष्ठ नेता श्री इमरान मसूद जी ने अपने साथियों के साथ समाजवादी पार्टी को दिया समर्थन। pic.twitter.com/vvweshWcyf
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) January 20, 2022
Masood has been demanding that he be fielded from the Nakud seat but according to party sources, former UP minister Dharam Pal Saini, who recently joined the SP after quitting the ruling BJP, is likely to be fielded from there. Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Congress Releases Second List of Candidates For the Assembly Polls.
A purported video of Masood had recently surfaced on social media, in which he is being seen saying that he was “treated like a dog, made to touch feet”. Masood is a known Muslim face in western UP.
