Akhilesh Yadav is the national president of the Samajwadi Party. He served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Born on July 1, 1973, Yadav became the youngest CM to assume office at the age of 38. He was elected the Member of Parliament from Azamgarh in the 17th Lok Sabha. For the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, he will be contesting from his stronghold Karhal seat in Mainpuri district and won. This is the first time Akhilesh will contest an assembly election. SP has always won a majority from Karhal since 1993, except once in 2002. Akhilesh Yadav is an important face for the upcoming UP assembly elections in 2022. The Samajwadi Party has formed an alliance with the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party for the polls. The parties have given the slogan ‘Khadeda Howe’, a call to “drive out” the BJP from the state. Akhilesh is the son of veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, who served as the Chief Minister of UP for three non-consecutive terms. Akhilesh Yadav began his political career in the year 2000 when he got elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election. During his tenure as the CM of Uttar Pradesh, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was completed and inaugurated. When Akhilesh became CM, the party was divided into two groups, one of which supported him, and the other sided with his uncle Shivpal Yadav. Recently, Akhilesh Yadav received backlash from the opposition after he compared Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru to the likes of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He said that they all studied in the same institute, and fought for India's freedom.
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In a major turn of events, the Samajwadi Party has announced Akhilesh Yadav as its official candidate for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, reversing its earlier decision.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases.
On Monday, the Samajwadi Party announced the candidature of Tej Pratap Singh Yadav from Kannauj. Voting for Lok Sabha elections in Kannauj will take place in 4th phase on 13 May.
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav's joint rally in Amroha comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally in the UP's city in which the PM took a dig at the duo, saying 'their film is rejected'.
Both the leaders held a joint presser and slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for its 'anti-farmer' policy.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: On the last day of the campaign for phase 1 in the Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi held various election rallies while Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav held a joint press conference.
A political uproar ensued after the circulation of a video featuring Arun Govil, the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Meerut. In the video, the former actor turned politician can be heard discussing the possibility of a "change" in the nation's Constitution.
Uttar Pradesh will vote in all the seven phases during the Lok Sabha elections. The state has the maximum 80 parliamentary seats, making it the most important for any party that seeks to dominate in the elections.
Sanjay Singh met Akhilesh Yadav for the first time after his exit from the Tihar Jail. Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party are partners in the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc for the Lok Sabha elections.
Samajwadi Party has released the names of some candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav-led party had finalised the seat-sharing deal with Congress in February this year, according to which Congress is contesting on 17 seats.
Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has changed or renominated its candidates in several constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. The party had earlier replaced Dharmendra Yadav with Shivpal Yadav for the Badaun constituency.
Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari passed away at Banda Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh after he suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday night. A team of nine doctors attended to him before he died.
In Baghpat, Amarpal Sharma has replaced Manoj Chaudhary. According to reports, Samajwadi Party's brahmin pick for Baghpat has created a panic among the BJP-RLD camp.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
With the general elections looming, the Samajwadi Party seems to be ramping up its efforts. There are speculations that the party has chosen to change its candidates in multiple constituencies in response to dissatisfaction among party members concerning certain nominations.
Several Opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Champai Soren, Uddhav Thackeray, and Akhilesh Yadav along with others raised their voices against the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren among other leaders. The rally was held at Ramlila Ground in Central Delhi.
Kejriwal's message read by his wife Sunia Kejriwal, included 6 guarantees on behalf of the I.N.D.I.A bloc -- uninterrupted power supply, free electricity for the poor, government schools, Mohalla Clinics and multispeciality hospitals, minimum support price for farmers, and full statehood for Delhi.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Mukhtar Ansari, 60, suffered a cardiac arrest in Banda jail on Thursday evening during a medical check-up after which he fell unconscious. He was immediately taken to the Banda Medical College where he died.
The Samajwadi Party has named five more candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The polling dates have been announced by the election commission.
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