Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday, 14 June, that he will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj seat, which is presently represented by wife Dimple Yadav, while his father Maulayam Singh Yadav will contest from Mainpuri.
Akhilesh Yadav also asked party workers to hold 'Sachai pe charcha' (discussion on truth) to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s "propaganda".
"I will contest from Kannauj while netaji (Mulayam) will contest from Mainpuri," he announced at a meeting of SP workers at the party headquarters in Lucknow.
The former chief minister said the Opposition had charged the SP with 'pariwarwaad' (nepotism) due to which his wife will not contest this time.