Daughter-in-law Dimple landed in Mainpuri to save Mulayam's legacy, will decide the attitude of brother Shivpal

Mainpuri Lok Sabha Seat: After the death of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav has fielded his wife Dimple Yadav to save the family legacy in the by-election to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat of UP. . He has tried to end the competition of Dharmendra Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav by fielding Dimple Yadav in the electoral fray. Although the electoral equation here will be able to sit in Dimple's favor or not, it will depend to a large extent on the stand of Shivpal Yadav, brother of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

SP occupied Mainpuri seat for 26 years

According to political pundits, the family of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has been occupying this seat for 26 years. They feel that this decision will get full support of women apart from the sympathy generated by Mulayam's death. A local SP leader told that after SP, no other party could conquer this stronghold.

Shivpal Yadav's hold is also very strong

He said that districts like Etawah, Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and Farurkhabad are considered strongholds of SP. Most of the seats have been occupied by cycles with the support of a large population of Yadavs. Shivpal Yadav's hold on Yadav belt is also very strong. He has worked from village to village in these areas for decades. Shivpal Yadav is said to have a personal relationship with the workers up to the booth level here. For this reason, Shivpal will have a lot of influence on Mainpuri seat. That's why Akhilesh will have to do sadhna for him.

The candidate was not fielded in front of Mulayam

Due to family differences in the year 2018, when Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger brother Shivpal Yadav formed Praspa and chose a new path of politics. Even after this, Shivpal Singh had categorically refused to field PSP candidate in front of Mulayam Singh Yadav in the 2019 elections. By doing this he had shown that for him the respect of the elder brother is first and the party later.

Will Akhilesh Yadav be able to help Shivpal?

Senior political analyst PN Dwivedi says that Mulayam's family has been occupying the Mainpuri seat for nearly two and a half decades. If Shivpal rebels from here, then he can definitely spoil the electoral equation because he has a decent influence on this seat. In such a situation, Akhilesh will have to cultivate him because after the departure of Mulayam Singh Yadav, now it is also a challenge for Shivpal Yadav to find a bigger role for himself in the Yadav belt. However, right now Akhilesh Yadav is more likely to get the benefit of sympathy for Mulayam. Still, the role of Shivpal cannot be denied.

Maximum 3.5 lakh Yadav voters

According to the electoral data, Mainpuri (Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat) has the maximum number of 3.5 lakh Yadav voters. This is followed by one and a half lakh Thakurs, Brahmins, Jatavs and Shakya voters. At the same time, Muslim, Kurmi, Lodhi voters are about one lakh each. Akhilesh Yadav's equation is that because of the Yadav-Muslim equation, Dimple is already in the lead position. In such a situation, if a little hard work is done, then the seat can be easily removed.