Mainpuri: Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav filed his nomination from Mainpuri parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The seasoned politician from SP filed his nomination after a gap of 23 long years.

The veteran SP leader was accompanied by Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and party leader Ram Gopal Yadav , reports said. Mulayam’s name was left out of the party’s first list that was released on March 22, 2019. The list included some senior leaders like Azam Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Ram Gopal Yadav, and party chief wife Dimple Yadav.

The SP on Sunday said its president Akhilesh Yadav will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, presently represented by his father and party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Mulayam has represented Mainpuri thrice — 1996, 2004, and 2009. In 2009, Mulayam had registered a landslide win from Mainpuri seat by defeating his opponent Shatrughan Singh Chuhan by 3.64 lakh votes. He had also defeated Ramakant Yadav from Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 63,204 votes.