On Monday, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, said that he will not contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls scheduled to be held next year.
Akhilesh Yadav also said that a tie-up between his party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) for the 2022 elections has been finalised.
“Our alliance with RLD is final. Seat sharing is to be finalised,” the Samajwadi Party chief said.
Yadav, who is also SP MP from Azamgarh and the chief minister face of his party, said he will “not be contesting the assembly polls”.
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On being asked about taking his uncle Shivpal Yadav’s Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) along in the upcoming elections, he said, “I don’t have any problem in this. He and his men will be given due honour”.
The Samajwadi Party had failed to retain power in the 2017 UP assembly elections and had bagged only 47 seats. The BJP won the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls by winning a whopping 312 seats after which Yogi Adityanath was made the Chief Minister of the state.
Assembly elections in UP are slated to be held in February and March 2022.
(with inputs from PTI)
