In the second day of the new Lok Sabha session, 281 Members, including all 80 MPs from Uttar Pradesh and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, take oath as MPs. Dimple Yadav, fourth-term Lok Sabha Member and wife of Akhilesh Yadav, arrives at the Parliament House in a joyful mood to be sworn-in as an MP. Yesterday, only 262 Members, including PM Modi and his Council of Ministers, were sworn-in as MPs. Ahead of taking oath, Akhilesh Yadav takes a dig at Yogi Adityanath-led state government and brings up the contentious issue of EVM malfunctions.
Dimple Yadav, the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, will file her nomination in Mainpuri amidst a mega show attended by party leaders and members of the Yadav family. While Akhilesh Yadav will accompany Dimple, other family members are also expected to attend. The remaining family members are busy with their own election campaigns in other constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Mainpuri is one of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the third phase of polling and Dimple Yadav will be facing BJP's Jaiveer Singh and BSP's Gulshan Shakya.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, with Dimple Yadav, wife of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, being fielded from Mainpuri. The party has also formed an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and has offered 11 seats to the Congress. SP president Akhilesh Yadav stated that their alliance with the Congress, under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), is off to a good start in the state.