The stage is set in Sisamau (Kanpur) as Samajwadi Party’s Naseem Solanki takes on BJP’s Suresh Awasthi and other candidates in a heated contest. Naseem Solanki is contesting on the seat previously held by her husband Irfan Solanki who was sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a 2022 arson case. Entering the political arena for the first time, Naseem Solanki describes this election as a fight to prove her husband’s “innocence”.
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00:00In the last two years, the state has increased the number of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
00:06The state is also making a plan to increase the number of people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.
00:12The state is also making a plan to increase the number of people who are vaccinated against COVID-19.
00:17Is this your first election?
00:20Yes ma'am, this is my first election.
00:22In my family, I have seen four candidates for Udai Ji and one for my late father-in-law.
00:30I have seen the elections, but this is my first time voting.
00:33How do you feel? How is your confidence right now?
00:36I have confidence because my husband and my father-in-law have done a very good job.
00:42We have a lot of confidence because of their benefits.
00:53How is your preparation going? How are the campaigning and rallies going?
00:59It's going well. We don't have to put in a lot of effort.
01:04We don't have to put in a lot of effort like we do in the elections.
01:09I have a lot of love and support from the entire system.
01:14I have to get a lot of support for the things that happened with Udai Ji.
01:21What are the main election issues this time?
01:25There are some issues related to development.
01:30We haven't been able to do much work in the last two years.
01:32When we go out and meet people, we see that we haven't been able to do much work in the last two years.
01:40If there was an MLA there, we would have been able to work.
01:46But we haven't been able to do much work in the last two years.
01:48This is a big issue that we haven't been able to do much work.
01:52After that, there is the financial factor.
01:56People are understanding a lot of things.
01:59They are saying that what happened with them was wrong.
02:01This is also a big factor.
02:03What do you have to say about the election?
02:10You have said in interviews that this election is to prove their innocence.
02:19What do you have to say about that?
02:22My husband is innocent.
02:27This election is also a big issue for me.
02:32I don't agree with what happened with the MLA.
02:37I have been fighting this issue for the past two years.
02:40Now, my case will be in the hands of the people.
02:45The people will decide for me.
02:47The MLA is innocent.
02:49The whole of India knows that the MLA is innocent.
02:54I want to prove that the MLA is innocent.
02:57God willing, if I win this election, everyone will know that he is innocent.
03:02Did the charges against you affect you psychologically?
03:13Did you face any difficulties?
03:15Yes, a lot of things.
03:17We were mentally disturbed.
03:20We have been facing these things for the past two years.
03:23It has been a year and a half since we were punished.
03:25At that time, we thought that we will not be punished.
03:28We were hopeful.
03:29But when we were punished, we were even more upset.
03:31After that, our children's education was affected.
03:33We were mentally disturbed by a lot of things.
03:36The MLA's salary also fell a lot.
03:38So, it made a lot of difference.
03:41I got a lot of courage from that fight.
03:45Now, we have to start all over again.
03:49Did you ever think that you would join politics?
03:52No, never.
03:54We used to talk about it.
03:56But the MLA did not want us to join politics.
03:58He used to keep us and our children away from politics.
04:01We never thought about it.
04:02Maybe the MLA did not think that we would have to join politics.
04:05How has your experience been so far?
04:08It has been very good.
04:09We used to think about how we would fight.
04:13But when we met people,
04:16I got a lot of love and respect from everyone.
04:21They treated me like their daughter or daughter-in-law.
04:25I got a lot of love from women.
04:27They used to make fun of me.
04:31I got a very good response from them.
04:33So, I am gaining courage and confidence.
04:37What do you think about the performance of the Socialist Party in UP by-polls?
04:46The Socialist Party should do well all over.
04:49They did well in the Lok Sabha by-polls as well.
04:53So, I think there will be a lot of change.
05:00Can we predict the future of UP by-polls in 2027?
05:07Yes, we can.
05:09We believe in it.
05:10We also think that it will determine our future.