Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav met their uncle Shivpal Yadav today.
Lucknow:
Ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Samajwadi party chairman Akhilesh Yadav and his wife and party candidate Dimple Yadav met with his uncle and PSPL chief Shivpal Singh Yadav today.
The by-election for the seat was necessitated by the demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav, patron of the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the area is regarded as the party’s stronghold.
In a tweet following the meeting at Shivpal Singh’s residence in Saifai, their native village in Etawah, Akhilesh Yadav said, “Along with the blessings of ‘Netaji’ and the elders of the family, the people of Mainpuri are also with us.” Akhilesh Yadav also shared a photo of the meeting.
In response to the rally, BJP leader Sidharth Nath Singh took a sneer at the SP chief, saying fear of defeat made Akhilesh Yadav remember his uncle.
“Akhilesh-ji remembered his uncle because of elections – this is called fear of defeat,” Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.
Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav also tweeted the photo of the rally from her Twitter account.
Shivpal Yadav held a meeting with party officials on Wednesday and urged them to ensure the victory of the Samajwadi Party candidate in the bypoll.
His role in the elections is important as his Jaswantnagar constituency comes under the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency from which he has been elected six times.
Shivpal Yadav has a close relationship with the people of Mainpuri and acted as a representative of Mulayam in various programs held in the area when the SP patriarch was unavailable.
Shivpal Yadav’s campaign in favor of Dimple Yadav is also considered significant as the BJP has nominated Raghuraj Singh Shakya, who was once a close associate of Shivpal Yadav, as a candidate from this seat.
Shivpal Singh, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), and the SP chief had come together during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in March to face the BJP, but after the elections, the relationship dipped and they broke up again. .
However, they took part in rituals together after the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav last month.
The bypoll will take place on December 5 and the result will be announced on December 8.
Dimple Yadav submitted her nomination papers last Monday. At that time, neither Shivpal Singh Yadav nor his son Aditya Yadav were present.
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