"We had fielded 53 candidates, but several nominations were rejected, and we are now contesting 42 seats with the 'stick" election symbol," he said, adding that he will personally campaign in Bihar from November 1.
Speaking to the media on Monday, SBSP chief and UP's Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar announced that his party will contest 153 seats in the Bihar assembly polls.
Rajbhar noted that Akhilesh Yadav didn't visit the veteran Samajwadi Party leader even once during his 23-month-long incarceration in jail. Now that Khan is released from jail, he remembered him.
In his letter, Rajbhar stated that the committee, formed in 2001, had recommended sub-categorizing the 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) so that all castes could benefit equally.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Rajbhar said there has been significant improvement in law and order in the state.
The UP cabinet minister said, “In SP's ABCD, ‘A’ stands for Araajakata, ‘B’ for Bhrashtachar, ‘C’ for Chori and ‘D’ for Dalali.”
The political atmosphere of Uttar Pradesh has heated up over the latest order by the panchayati raj department over freeing up the land owned by the Yadav and Muslim communities.
" Akhilesh Yadav needs a slave who is deaf and dumb and only says yes to his words," he alleged.
"We have completed preparations in 36 districts of Bihar for contesting assembly polls, while in Maharashtra, SBSP will contest around 22 seats dominated by North Indian voters,” he told reporters here.
Omprakash Rajbhar, after meeting with all the office bearers, announced the new election symbol of the party 'Chabhi' ( Key). Earlier the election symbol of the party was ' Stick'.
