Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, the party announced Sunday.
An SP release also said the party will field senior leader Mohd Azam Khan from Rampur. Notably, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's name does not figure in list of star campaigners.
Putting an end to bitter rivalry between their respective parties, BSP chief Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav had announced an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. The BSP and SP will contest 38 seats each out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The BSP and SP have left two seats to the Congress, but declared they won't have an alliance with the grand old party of India.
Mayawati said the BSP-SP alliance would give sleepless nights to BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mayawati declared the alliance would not allow the BJP to return to power at any cost.
