Gorakhpur. For more than two and a half decades, Samajwadi Party has been betting only on Nishad candidates for Gorakhpur Sadar Lok Sabha seat. But I got to taste victory only once. That too in the by-election.
The party’s trust in the Nishad fraternity continues even after Jamuna Nishad was made its candidate in the 1998 elections. Meanwhile, elections were held seven times, in which the party gave a chance to the Nishad candidate six times. 2009 was the only election when SP expressed confidence in Manoj Tiwari of non-Nishad community.
Talking about Kajal Nishad’s political journey, she has contested the 2012 assembly elections on Congress ticket and the 2022 assembly elections from Campierganj on SP ticket. The party had also made him a candidate for the post of mayor in the municipal elections held last year, but he had to face defeat there too.
The equation of votes is the reason for trust
There are a total of 20.74 lakh voters in Gorakhpur Sadar Lok Sabha constituency. These include 3.90 lakh voters in Campierganj Assembly, 4.10 lakh in Pipraich, 4.68 lakh in Gorakhpur city, 4.22 lakh in Rural and 3.82 lakh in Sahjanwan.
The party believes that a large population among them belongs to the Nishad community. Especially in rural, Pipraich and Campierganj. The party considers its hold on Muslim and Yadav votes strong.
The party hopes that it will be successful in attracting a large vote bank of Brahmins through former MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari, who was the SP candidate in the 2022 elections from Chillupar, and his family.
At the same time, SP has full hope of getting the support of some other OBC castes and business voters also. At the same time, by handing over the responsibility of District President to a Scheduled Caste leader for the first time in Gorakhpur, SP has already started trying to make a dent in the voters of this caste category. Now the results of the elections will tell how well the caste component of the party fits.
Kajal Nishad is intermediate pass
Kajal, 42, resident of Bhowwapar in Sadar tehsil area, has studied till Intermediate. She has a strong interest in acting, so at an early age she came to try her luck in the film field. Kajal has once again expressed gratitude towards SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for expressing his trust.