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Samajwadi Party nominates Akhilesh’s nephew from Kannauj

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The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday named former MP Tej Pratap Singh Yadav as the candidate from the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Mr. Yadav, 36, is the nephew of party president Akhilesh Yadav and son-in-law of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad.

Monday’s announcement puts to rest speculation that the SP president might contest from the seat.

Mr. Tej Pratap represented the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency in 2014, after late Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP founder, won Azamgarh as well as Mainpuri Lok Sabha seats and decided to retain Azamgarh.