Not Tej Pratap, Samajwadi Occasion declares Akhilesh Yadav as Kannauj candidate | India Information

LUCKNOW: After a collection of flip-flops, Samajwadi Occasion declared on Wednesday Akhilesh Yadav because the get together’s candidate for Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, changing his nephew, Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, whose candidature was introduced on April 22.
A publish from the get together’s official X deal with mentioned the SP nationwide president would “file his nomination papers for Kannauj at midday tomorrow (April 25)”.The seat is presently held by BJP. Senior SP politicians mentioned the choice to area Akhilesh was taken following mounting strain from district-level functionaries in Kannauj.

District-level functionaries have been of the view that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s candidature wouldn’t solely guarantee an SP win in Kannauj but additionally consolidate the get together’s place in at the very least 4 adjoining constituencies, in keeping with senior Samajwadi politicians.
“Greater than 100 functionaries and office-bearers of SP from Chibramu, Tirwa and Kannauj meeting segments, together with these from Bidhuna and Rasoolabad meeting segments of Kannauj parliamentary constituency, had referred to as on Akhilesh up to now 48 hours insisting that he should contest from the seat,” mentioned a senior politician. “Most of them felt Tej Pratap’s candidature will not be sufficient,” he mentioned.
Some senior SP employees have been additionally of the view that Tej Pratap’s candidature from Kannauj could also be a repeat of what the get together had strategised whereas fielding Dimple Yadav from the seat in 2019. “Tej Pratap Yadav was not a fallacious alternative, however Akhilesh’s candidature is a greater possibility,” a senior SP politician mentioned.
There have been reviews that the SP chief was inclined to contest from Kannauj from the start however determined to area Tej Pratap as a result of latter’s work for the get together within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Mainpuri and 2022 meeting polls in Karhal. Unconfirmed reviews mentioned Tej Pratap’s father-in-law, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, too, had really helpful Tej Pratap’s title for Kannauj to the SP chief.
Unconfirmed reviews mentioned Tej Pratap’s father-in-law, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, too, had really helpful Tej Pratap’s title for Kannauj to the SP chief.
Amongst those that have been vocal about Akhilesh’s candidature from Kannauj have been get together district president Kalim Khan and former MLA from Chhibramau seat Arvind Pratap Singh. The 2 weren’t averse to Tej Pratap’s candidature however repeatedly voiced their choice for Akhilesh.