Breaking: Samajwadi Party Shifts Tej Pratap Yadav to Kannauj Constituency

The Samajwadi Party announced Tej Pratap Yadav as its candidate for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, dismissing rumors that party leader Akhilesh Yadav would run. Yadav, a relative of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav, previously represented the Mainpuri seat. Sanatan Pandey was also declared as the party's nominee for the Ballia seat. In 2019, the Kannauj seat was won by BJP's Subrat Pathak, who defeated Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.

The Samajwadi Party on Monday declared Tej Pratap Yadav as its candidate from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, ending speculation that party chief Akhilesh Yadav could contest from the Lok Sabha constituency.

The party also named Sanatan Pandey from Ballia seat.

Tej Pratap Yadav Yadav, who is a grand-nephew of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and son-in-law of RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, had represented the Mainpuri seat from 2014-2019.

There was speculation that former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav could contest from the Kannauj seat.

In the 2019, polls the seat was won by BJP's Subrat Pathak, who defeated Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.

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