The Samajwadi Social gathering on Tuesday introduced 16 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
Dimple Yadav, the social gathering’s MP from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency and spouse of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will contest from the identical seat once more.
The Mainpuri seat was earlier represented by the social gathering’s founder and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. Dimple Yadav represented the Kannauj constituency between 2012 and 2019.
Shafiqur Rahman Barq, the social gathering’s MP from Sambhal, may even contest from his present constituency.
Former Cupboard minister Ravidas Mehrotra has been fielded from the Lucknow Central Lok Sabha seat. Mehrotra is at present an MLA from the Lucknow Central Meeting constituency.
Whereas Akshay Yadav, son of senior social gathering chief Ramgopal Yadav, will contest the final election from Firozabad seat, Dharmendra Yadav will battle from Budaun constituency. Akshay Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav had misplaced the 2 seats in 2019.
Lalji Verma, one other sitting social gathering MLA, will contest from the Ambedkarnagar Lok Sabha constituency.
The Samajwadi Social gathering is a member of the Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance, a coalition of 28 Opposition events, which plans to tackle the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance within the basic election.
On Saturday, the social gathering mentioned that it has conceded 11 seats to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. The state has a complete of 80 seats, the very best within the nation. It was unclear if the seat-sharing negotiations between the 2 events had concluded.
In 2019, the Samajwadi Social gathering had contested the Lok Sabha polls in an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Social gathering and the Rashtriya Lok Dal. Whereas the Bahujan Samaj Social gathering received 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Akhilesh Yadav-led social gathering bagged 5 seats. The BJP had received 62 seats within the state.