November 01: Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo and Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he will not be contesting upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. He also said that an alliance between his party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) for the polls has been finalised. RLD enjoys support among farmers of Western Uttar Pradesh.
However, later Yadav said a final decision on his contesting the polls will be taken by the party.
When asked about his chances of taking uncle Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) along in the polls, he said, "I don't have any problem in this. He and his men will be given due honour".
Yadav is a Member of Parliament (MP) from Azamgarh in eastern Uttar Pradesh. He has never contested the assembly polls in UP.
Samajwadi Party was in the power in Uttar Pradesh before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dethroned it and captured power in 2017 assembly elections.
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