Akhilesh to contest from Azamgarh, Mulayam not to be star campaigner

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. An SP release also said the party will field senior leader Mohd Azam Khan from Rampur.

On Saturday, the Samajwadi Party also released its list of 40 star campaigners in which there was no mention of party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. The list was released by senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav.

But the SP revised its list Sunday and mentioned Mulayam Singh Yadav's name on the top of it before sending it to the poll panel.

Akhilesh to contest from Azamgarh, Mulayam not to be star campaigner

It carried the names of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan, Dimple Yadav and Jaya Bachchan among others, besides Ram Gopal Yadav himself.

The Samajwadi Party has fielded Mulayam Singh Yadav from Mainpuri which is described as its 'safest' seat.

At present, the SP patriarch represents Azamgarh constituency. He had represented Mainpuri three times earlier in 1996, 2004 and 2009.

In the 2014 polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav contested from two constituencies, Azamgarh and Mainpuri, and won both.

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