Although Samajwadi Party got 23.61 per cent votes of total votes polled but it was runners up in only three places Deoria, Tundla and Naugawan Sadat.

Significantly Samajwadi Party was pushed to third and fourth position by Congress candidates.

Lack of proper planning and campaign by Samajwadi Party leadership was exposed by the results of crucial by elections considered very important before 2022 general elections for UP Assembly.

While on the one hand Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and top leadership of BJP campaigned in all the seven Assembly constituencies, Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav and senior leaders were nowhere to be seen in any constituency.

Samajwadi Party is only happy with induction of leaders from other parties especially Congress and BSP who had been facing defeat in successive elections.

During last few months, Samajwadi Party inducted former MPs and MLAs from Congress and BSP to give the impression that it was main opposition party.

Actually there is tussle amongst Akhilesh yadav, Priyanka Gandhi and Mayawati to project as main opposition leader in the state.

The problem with Samajwadi Party national President is his failure to hit streets and lead agitation and reach out to masses with alternative plans.

Eversince Yogi Adityanath became chief Minister in 2017, Samajwadi Party has not launched any major agitation against government policies or any public issue.

It would be worth mentioning here that Samajwadi Party came to power in 2012 after assembly polls when Akhilesh Yadav reached out to masses through his cycle yatra and rathyatra.

People voted for Samajwadi Party in 2012 as Akhilesh Yadav was the main face of the party with hope and aspirations.

Samajwadi Party will have to reinvent it's strategy to enlarge support base to look beyond Yadavs and muslims.

The entire Samajwadi Party is looking towards Akhilesh to take the initiative to step out of his comfort zone to lead the party to streets and reach out to masses.

The party leaders and workers are also waiting for Akhilesh Yadav to take the initiative to establish dialogue with them on regular basis.

The other political parties also look toward Akhilesh Yadav to convene meetings of opposition leaders to chalk out strategy to take on BJP and the state government on issues concerning masses. (IPA Service)