Samajwadi Party

Akhilesh Yadav files nomination from Kannauj

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav filed his nomination papers on Thursday from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was accompanied by Samajwadi Party MP Ramgopal Yadav. Akhilesh served as Lok Sabha MP from 2000-2012. He resigned from the Kannauj parliamentary seat in 2012 after SP won the assembly election. He resigned as Chief Minister after the SP lost the state election in 2017. In 2019, Akhilesh successfully contested the Lok Sabha polls from Azamgarh. However, afte...

April 10, 2024 5:48 PM

LS polls 2024: BJP releases 10th list of candidates, fields ex-PM Chandra Shekhar’s son Neeraj from Ballia, SS Ahluwalia from Asansol

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its 10th list of 9 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding party's Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia. Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, was a Lok Sabha MP from 2007 to 2014, representing Samajwadi Party from Ballia, the constituency earlier held by his father. In 2014, Shekhar lost the polls to his BJP rival and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Shekhar joined the BJP after h...