Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hints at contesting 2024 polls from Kannauj

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday indicated that he may contest the 2024 parliamentary elections from Kannauj which had elected him as an MP for the first timeIt is our job to contest what will I do sitting idle I will contest from where I had contested the first election he told reporters here when asked if he will contest from Kannauj in 2024The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister however said the party would take a decision at the right timeAkhilesh Yadav was here to attend a private function organised by party leader Sunil Kumar Gupta alias Munna BhaiyaTo a question as to why he has fielded his wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri in the December 5 bypoll as she had previously contested from Kannuaj the SP chief said Elections are in 2024 againThe bypoll in Mainpuri has been necessitated following the death of sitting MP and SP founder Mulayam Singh YadavTo repeated questions by media persons if contesting the next Lok Sabha polls from Kannauj is final the SP chief said The party will decideAkhilesh Yadav who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Azamgarh seat in the last Lok Sabha elections had resigned from the seat after being elected to assembly from Karhal early this year to remain active in state politicsAlso Read 18yearold Indianorigin student killed at school parking lot in CanadaThe SP leader won three elections from Kannauj parliamentary seat since 2000 first he won the bypoll and then 2004 and 2009 general electionsAfter becoming the chief minister he was elected to the UP Legislative Council and Dimple Yadav represented Kannauj winning the bypoll in 2012 and then again winning it in 2014 general electionsShe however lost the seat in the 2019 elections to BJPs Subrat PathakOn being told that fielding Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri bypoll has led to confusion among the workers in Kannauj Akhilesh Yadav described Kannauj as his karmabhoomi and said that the people of Kannauj have elected him as MP thriceHe asserted that the people here have always given him affection and love and so he can never leave KannaujVeteran socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia had represented Kannauj in Parliament in 1967 as a Samyukta Socialist Party nomineeKnown for the perfume trade Kannauj constituency was carved out of Farrukhabad in 1997Akhilesh Yadav who is presently busy campaigning in Mainpuri bypoll said that people were supporting the Samajwadi Party there in a big way Every section is extending support to Samajwadi Party as Netaji gave new dimensions to Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency and had a strong association The people of Mainpuri themselves are contesting the elections he addedAfter attending the function Yadav left for MainpuriThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever