SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav To Contest UP Polls From Mainpuri's Karhal

The Karhal Assembly constituency has been the stronghold of the Yadav family.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elections from the Karhal constituency in Mainpuri district, the party's national spokesperson Ashutosh Verma said on Thursday, 20 January, PTI reported.

This update comes amid the speculations of the SP leader contesting the elections from Azamgarh.

Yadav, who served as the chief minister of UP from 2012-17, is the youngest person to have held the chief minister's office in the state. This is the first time that he will be contesting polls.