Former CBI chief's Sarvajan Sanatan Party to contest all 403 seats in 2027 elections

The Sarvajan Sanatan Party, led by former CBI chief M. Nageshwar Rao, has announced that it will field candidates on all 403 seats in the upcoming 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Along with this political entry, the party has initiated the process of inviting applications from potential candidates. This information has been provided in reports by 'Aaj Tak' and 'NDTV India'.

Hyderabad-based retired IPS officer Nageshwar Rao took over the responsibility as the National President of the Sarvajan Sanatan Party about a month ago. He clarified that the first phase of the process to select potential candidates for all 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh has now been started. Elections are scheduled to be held in the state early next year.

Sharing information on the social media platform X, Rao stated, "These applications are only for the initial screening of the first phase. Applicants who are found suitable in the preliminary investigation will be asked for detailed information and necessary documents in the second phase."

Some strict criteria have been set for joining the party and for candidacy. It is mandatory for applicants to have unwavering faith in the ideology, main objectives, and policies of the Sarvajan Sanatan Party. Additionally, the applicant must be a citizen of India and their name must be registered in the electoral roll of any Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Furthermore, the candidate must have completed at least 25 years of age by the date of scrutiny of nomination papers.

Commenting on the current political atmosphere of the country, Nageshwar Rao said, "India needs to emerge from the politics of division and rediscover a united national purpose." He claimed that amidst a political environment divided on the basis of caste and religion, his party wants to create an India that is modern in ideology, connected to its civilisation, and whose primary objective is unity.

He further added, "We do not want to recreate the past. We want to embrace the best things India has inherited, give them a new form for the present time, enrich them through knowledge and innovation, and pass them on to future generations by making them strong."

Following this announcement, there is now discussion in political circles regarding how this entry of the former CBI chief will affect the equations of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

M. Nageshwar Rao was a former Additional Director of the CBI, who was handed the charge of the Director's office in 2019.