Dimple Yadav, wife of Samajwadi Party’s National President, Akhilesh Yadav has been chosen as the candidate for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by-election.

The SP has announced her name on Thursday. Notably, after the death of SP Patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, by-election is going to be held on Mainpuri seat. The enrolment process for this has started.

Apart from Dimple Yadav, Samajwadi Party was considering the names of Tej Pratap Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav as candidates from Mainpuri, but on Thursday, the name of Dimple Yadav has been finalised. Earlier, Dimple was Member of Parliament from Kannauj. She also contested from Firozabad, but had to face defeat. Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav himself will do the campaigning for the election of Dimple Yadav .

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Political journey of dimple

Former Chief Minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav’s political career has been full of ups and downs. Dimple lost her first election, but even after that she maintained her confidence. Her decency is clearly visible in her speeches, which is why she went on winning people’s hearts in a short span of time. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Akhilesh Yadav contested from two seats in Uttar Pradesh, Firozabad and Kannauj. Later, Akhilesh left the Firozabad seat. In the by-election, Dimple was made a candidate from there. But Dimple lost the election to Congress leader Raj Babbar.

Won her first elections from Kannauj

After Akhilesh Yadav left the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, by-elections were held there in 2012. This time also SP expressed confidence in Dimple Yadav. In this election, BSP, Congress, BJP did not field any candidate against her whereas, Dimple managed to win the election unopposed after two people withdrew their nominations. At the same time, she had saved the Kannauj seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as well. However, he had to face defeat in the 2019 elections.

SBSP also fields candidate in Mainpuri

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) has also fielded a candidate for the Mainpuri by-election. The party’s national president and former cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar (OP Rajbhar) had announced the SBSP candidate for Mainpuri on Wednesday. He has fielded Ramakant Kashyap as a candidate for the Mainpuri by-election. Ramakant Kashyap is a resident of Etawah. However, the BJP has not yet announced the name of its candidate.

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