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 surprise development, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has removed her nephew Akash Anand as her political heir and from the post of national coordinator of the party till he becomes 'mature'.
In Mainpuri, SP supporters created chaos by chanting indecent slogans and climbing atop a statue of revered historical figure Maharana Pratap. The incident occurred following a road-show by SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav and his wife, triggering two separate FIRs in the incident.
Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP), which is a part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, is contesting Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Congress. The SP and allies are contesting 63 seats while the 'Grand Old Party' is contesting on 17 seats out of total 80.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Badaun and Firozabad will go to polls on May 7 in the third phase of general elections. SP has fielded senior leader Shivpal Yadav's son Aditya Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav's son Akshay Yadav from Badaun and Firozabad respectively.
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.
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.
RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary slammed the I.N.D.I.A bloc saying there is utter confusion and chaos as he had attended a meeting of the Opposition's alliance. They don't have any agenda and are not synched with each other.
The Samajwadi Party has fielded Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri. Amit Shah slammed Samajwadi Party and Congress at an election rally in the high-profile constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh is poised for a triangular contest among the Samajwadi Party, BJP, and BSP.
Akhilesh Yadav's remarks came after the Supreme Court rejected the petitions seeking the 100 per cent verification of EVMs with their VVPAT slips.
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.
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.
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