Lok Sabha Elections 2019: SP releases list of star campaigners; Mulayam Singh Yadav's name excluded

The party released a list of 40 members which did not include Mulayam’s name who is an MP from Azamgarh constituency, while it included names of other MPs from the party.

SP drops Mulayam Singh Yadav's name from list of star campaigners

The party released a list of 40 members which did not include Mulayam Singh Yadav's name

The top five names in the list were that of Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Jaya Bachchan, Azam Khan, Dimple Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh seat, from where Mulayam Singh Yadav is the sitting MP

New Delhi: As the political temperature has soared up in the state of Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 20919, the Samajwadi Party on Sunday released a list of its star campaigners for the crucial polls, which excluded the name of party’s founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party released a list of 40 members which did not include Mulayam’s name who is an MP from Azamgarh constituency, while it included names of other MPs from the party. The top five names in the list were that of party president Akhilesh Yadav, Rajya Sabha member Ram Gopal Yadav, party’s national general secretary Azam Khan, Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan and Akhilesh’s wife and MP from Kannauj Dimple Yadav. The list included names like party’s national secretary Rajendra Chaudhary,  Ram Govind Chaudhary who has been serving as the leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly since 2017, leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative council Ahmad Hassan, Rajya Sabha member Javed Ali Khan, Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, party’s general secretary for minority board Maulana Yaseen Ali Usmani, among others.

Samajwadi Party releases its list of star campaigners; Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Azam Khan, Dimple Yadav and Jaya Bachchan included in the list; Mulayam Singh Yadav's name not there. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/QUZYpoC6ce

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This time, Akhilesh Yadav will contest election from Azamgarh seat, from where Mulayam Singh Yadav is the sitting MP.

READ: Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Azamgarh; Azam Khan from Rampur

Cornering of Mulayam ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, hints at a tactical shift within the Samajwadi Party, drifting away from the party's old guard.

Published at : 24 Mar 2019 11:33 AM (IST)

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