Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav held rallies and urged people to vote for the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Dimple Yadav in the upcoming Mainpuri bypolls.
The SP chief was addressing Ex-Servicemen Conference in poll-bound Mainpuri where he was seeking their support for the candidate for the seat. The party has fielded the wife of Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav on the seat for the by-poll scheduled to be held on December 5.
Shivpal was one of the names in the list of 40 star campaigners released by the party recently for the SP candidate on the seat Dimple Yadav, wife of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Ahead of the Mainpuri by-poll elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav and SP Mainpuri candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday meets with Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav.
Congress has taken the decision in honour of Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party is also believed to be looking forward to have a good rapport with SP in the future.
"We've filed Dimple Yadav's nomination for Mainpuri by-polls. The demise of Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) is a sad occasion for us. With the nomination, SP assures that the party will work in the footsteps of Netaji," said Akhilesh Yadav.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the party ensures that it will work on the footprints of Mulayam Singh Yadav for benefit of Mainpuri with the nomination of his wife Dimple Yadav for the Assembly by-election.
While reacting to the Samajwadi Party's decision to put Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav as a candidate in the upcoming Mainpuri's bypolls, Deputy CM said that BJP will achieve victory in Mainpuri with a thumping majority.
Today, Akhilesh Yadav along with other family members visited the tomb built in memory of Ranveer Yadav and performed a peace yajna there. They were joined by hundreds of supporters and party members. People offered their oblations and laid wreaths on the picture of Ranveer Singh Yadav.