PTI Wires
UP Assembly Elections: Akhilesh To Contest From Karhal Seat In Party Stronghold Of Mainpuri
Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow, Jan 20 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls from Karhal seat in Mainpuri district, the party's national spokesperson Ashutosh Verma said Thursday.
Akhilesh, who is an MP from Azamgarh seat, had on Wednesday said he would decide on contesting the polls after talking to the people of his constituency.
'The party president will contest from Karhal seat of Mainpuri,' Ashutosh Verma told PTI on Thursday.
SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav represents Mainpuri constituency in parliament.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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