The Indian National Congress has decided to contest the Panchayat elections 2026 alone in Uttar Pradesh. However, party sources say that this decision will not break its friendship with the Samajwadi Party. Referring to the municipal elections in Maharashtra, the source said that the way the three parties of Mahayuti are contesting the elections separately, the same can happen here also.

According to sources, Congress is going to contest the upcoming Panchayat elections alone because it has to prepare its ground for the 2027 elections. The party believes that only when it will contest the 2026 Panchayat elections alone, work will be done on strengthening its support base as well as the organization.

Congress is trying to prepare for the Assembly by contesting elections alone in all the Nagar Panchayats including 75 District Panchayats. The party can give tickets to the candidates who perform well in the 2027 elections.

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What did Ajay Rai say?

In this regard, Congress State President Ajay Rai, while talking to ABP Live, said about the Panchayat elections that – Congress Party will contest the UP Panchayat elections alone and on the basis of this Panchayat election results, Congress Party workers will be provided tickets in the upcoming 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Now the question is whether the friendship will break? Ajay Rai gave a measured response regarding this also. On the question of alliance, Ajay Rai clarified that this is the work of the national leadership. We are currently working on creating an organization in 403 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. We are busy preparing for 403 assembly seats, but the decision on alliance has to be taken by the national leadership.

Let us tell you that in the 2022 assembly elections, Congress had contested on 399 seats and got 2 seats in its account. The party’s deposits were forfeited on 387 seats. The party got a total of 2.33% votes. Now, by going alone in the Panchayat elections, Congress is trying to get an idea from the ground.

Congress also has this plan in UP!

According to experts, the plan of Congress, which is preparing for 403 seats, is that if the party performs well in the Panchayat elections, then it can put pressure on the Samajwadi Party for more and more seats. Congress had contested elections with SP in the year 2017, although this experience was not good for both.

Whereas in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the results for Congress and SP were pleasant in all respects and both the alliances were successful in preventing BJP from reaching the majority figure at the Center by winning 43 seats.

Rashtriya Lok Dal has taken a big decision for Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election 2026. RLD leader Rohit Aggarwal has given information about this decision of RLD. He informed that the Rashtriya Lok Dal has formed the Panchayat Election Committee.

In the committee constituted by RLD, Kuldeep Ujjwal has been given the responsibility as convenor. Apart from this, Rohit Pratap, Mohammad Zaid, Vikas Kadian, Santosh Singh and Havildar Yadav have been entrusted as a member.

On the social media site X, Rohit said that the Rashtriya Lok Dal has formed a committee for the panchayat elections. Hearty greetings to all the members of this committee. Thank you very much for setting up this committee of National President and Union Minister Chaudhary Jayant Singh. Congratulations to the committee members.

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What is RLD’s strategy?

He wrote that congratulations and best wishes to all colleagues. We are confident that this committee will ensure the victory of the Rashtriya Lok Dal in the panchayat elections and will bring the policies of the party to village. Thanks to Chaudhary Jayant Singh. We are grateful to Chaudhary Jayant Singh who has formed this committee. We have full faith in their leadership ability and foresight.

It is believed that this committee of RLD will discuss those seats on which the party will contest elections. Also, this committee will also discuss the selection of candidates.

On the official social media handle of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, it was written in the context of this committee that a committee has been formed by the Rashtriya Lok Dal for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections. Certainly this committee will ensure strong representation of the Rashtriya Lok Dal in the upcoming panchayat elections and the party will play an important role in the empowerment of panchayats. Let us know that panchayat elections can be held in the year 2026 in UP.

In Uttar Pradesh, a big update has come out about the three -tier panchayat elections. The State Election Commission has issued a notification for the final publication of the voter list. Preparations for panchayat elections will start formally from 18 July 2025. The last publication of the election name will be on 15 January 2026. After this, there will be a Mahasangram of Panchayat elections in March 2026.

Meanwhile, the transfers of officers have been banned at present for the purpose of making the election process transparent and fair. OSD State Election Commission, IAS Dr. Akhilesh Mishra has sent a letter to all the district officials in this regard. The stir of panchayat elections has intensified once again in Uttar Pradesh.

The work of amending the voter list has started

The work of amending the voter list has started from June 2025. In which the work of removing the names of the dead and adding new voters will be done. Along with this, the process of appointment of booth level officer (BLO) and supervisors has also started. These elections are important for the selection of village heads, area panchayat members, and District Panchayat Presidents.

512 gram panchayats were reduced in UP under new delimitation

The UP Panchayat elections are being seen as a ‘semi -finals’ before the 2027 assembly elections. These elections in 57,695 gram panchayats, 826 blocks and 75 district panchayats in Uttar Pradesh are considered important for political parties. Recently, the Panchayati Raj Department has completed the reorganization of Gram Panchayats, under which 512 gram panchayats have been reduced, now elections will be held in a total of 57,694 gram panchayats. In the new delimitation, the maximum number of gram panchayats in three districts of the state have been reduced, which are Chitrakoot, Azamgarh and Deoria.

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Up panchayat chunav 2026: Panchayat Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has given a big statement in Uttar Pradesh government. He said that this time the election of Vlock chief will be directly through the public. Till now BDC members used to choose Vlock chief, but now this responsibility will be given directly to the public. Speaking to ABP News, Om Prakash Rajbhar said that for this decision, he has met Union Home Minister Amit Shah twice and Prime Minister Narendra Modi once. He has been assured that this decision will be implemented soon. He said that this will end the politics of money power and muscle power and democracy will be strengthened in the true sense.

Rajbhar claimed that if this system is implemented in Uttar Pradesh, then the same model will be adopted in the whole country in the coming time. He said that the direct participation of the public will strengthen democracy and there will be no pressure in choosing the Volock chief.

He also spoke on the panchayat elections. Om Prakash Rajbhar said that panchayat elections will be held at their scheduled time. He made it clear that this time he will contest panchayat elections alone. At the same time, in the assembly elections to be held in 2027, his party will contest elections with BJP. Om Prakash Rajbhar also said that his party will get more opportunities for development only by staying in an alliance.

Om Prakash Rajbhar also gave his response to the Mau Sadar assembly seat. On the discussion of the by -election of this seat, he said that this seat has already been his. Attacking the SP, he said that if the Samajwadi Party thinks that he has won OP Rajbhar, then why could the SP not win this seat in 2017? He said that the public has always trusted his work and will do it even further.

Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans, Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the people are happy with Modi’s works. Free ration, domestic gas under Ujjwala scheme, permanent house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, everything is being found. He said that those who have reached these facilities in the house are not going to go anywhere else.

Significantly, Om Prakash Rajbhar’s party Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (Subhaspa) had first tied up with Samajwadi Party. But after the 2022 assembly elections, he again joined the NDA. Now he is talking about getting alone in panchayat elections. Along with this, in 2027, he has announced to contest elections with BJP. With this, a new equation can be seen in the politics of the state.

Up panchayat chunav 2026: Assembly elections are proposed in Uttar Pradesh in the year 2026. Earlier, a minister in the state government and Suhail Dev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar has made a big claim. Giving information about the meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajbhar said that there has been talk on three issues.

Rajbhar also said that he has also talked to the Home Minister about the panchayat elections in UP. Rajbhar said that our aim was that we have made a demand to conduct both the UP chief and the district panchayat president to hold these elections with the public.

On the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, UP government minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said, ‘We had gone to congratulate him. The first was our job that for a long time we wanted caste census in the country and everyone should get justice. So yesterday, under the leadership of PM Modi, the cabinet approved it.

Rajbhar claimed that he also spoke to the Home Minister in the context of Bihar elections. Subhaspa Chief said that we have discussed about the election of Bihar. The Home Minister has said that he will call us for 20-25 days after talking to the people of Bihar.

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Why is this demand important?
Let us tell you that three -tier panchayat elections are proposed in the state next year. All political parties are preparing their strategy regarding this. Meanwhile, this demand of Rajbhar can make a big change in the panchayat elections in the state.

Currently, the District Panchayat Presidents and the heads are elected by the Panchayat members and BDC respectively. Many times such cases have also come to light that before completing the tenure, they either withdraw the power or the motion of no confidence of the presidents and heads comes. In such a situation, this demand made by Rajbhar becomes very important. Now it will be interesting to see if there will be any change in the upcoming election.