Lok Sabha Elections: Five Family Members In Fray, Yadav Family In UP Heads For Crucial Polls

Akhilesh has pitched five members of his family —Dimple from Mainpuri, nephew Tej Pratap from Kannauj, Aditya Yadav from Badaun and Dharmendra and Akshay from Azamgarh and Firozabad.

File photo of Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Aditya Yadav.

The upcoming Lok Sabha elections would be a significant test for the Yadav family in Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest families in Indian politics.The Yadav family, which has a formidable presence in UP, has been able to instal two of its members — Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav ­— onto the UP Chief Minister’s chair in the last two decades.At the height of its success in 2015-16, UP's first family had 20 members in