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The Hindu
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National
Mayank Kumar

Ex-MLA and BSP leader Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali joins Samajwadi Party

Shah Alam Party SP Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Dharmendra Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party BSP the Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav

Two-time former MLA and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali on February 28 joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Lucknow in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav. 

Mr. Jamali, who wields influence in his home district of Azamgarh, served two terms as an MLA between 2012 and 2022 from the Mubarakpur Assembly seat of the district and polled more than 2.66 lakh votes as a BSP nominee in the 2022 Lok Sabha by-election from the Azamgarh seat. In the 2014 parliamentary poll, Mr. Jamali also polled over 2.66 lakh votes, while SP founder Mulayam Singh won the seat securing 3.40 lakh votes. “I welcome Guddu Jamali ji. We are going to fight for the future in 2024. You will feel at home by staying in this party,” said the SP president.

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