Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Awadhesh Prasad Says Samajwadi Party Can Defeat BJP
Awadhesh Prasad is a member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party.
He said his party is the one that can defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He also said Akhilesh Yadav is the leader who can do that.
Prasad said the parties in the INDI alliance are not having trouble agreeing on who will contest which seats.
He said thousands of party supporters would march in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
They would demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign.
Prasad also said a march would be held in Delhi on Wednesday, led by Akhilesh Yadav.
He criticized the Election Commission, saying it was not honest or transparent and that democracy was in danger.
Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad said his party is the only one capable of defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He named party leader Akhilesh Yadav as the only leader capable of defeating the BJP.
Prasad said there was no uneasiness within the INDI alliance over seat-sharing and said Akhilesh Yadav could decide the arrangement.
He said thousands of Samajwadi Party supporters would march in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Prasad said a march would take place in Delhi on Wednesday, from Parliament’s Makar Dwar to the Election Commission, led by Akhilesh Yadav.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad, party leader Akhilesh Yadav, and Samajwadi Party supporters.
- What
- Prasad claimed the Samajwadi Party could defeat the BJP and announced marches demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- When
- Prasad spoke on Tuesday; he said one march would be held Tuesday and another on Wednesday.
- Where
- The marches were planned in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi; the Delhi march was to go from Parliament’s Makar Dwar to the Election Commission.
- Why
- The Uttar Pradesh march was to demand Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Prasad said the Election Commission was not honest or transparent and warned that democracy was in danger.
- Speaker
- Awadhesh Prasad, Samajwadi Party MP
- Party claim
- Prasad said the Samajwadi Party was the only party capable of defeating the BJP.
- Leader named
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Alliance
- INDI alliance
- Uttar Pradesh march
- Planned for Tuesday; supporters were to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Delhi march
- Planned for Wednesday, from Parliament’s Makar Dwar to the Election Commission, under Akhilesh Yadav’s leadership.
- Seat-sharing
- Prasad said there was no uneasiness within the INDI alliance over seat-sharing.