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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Pankaj Shah | TNN

Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati fields 2-time MLA Guddu Jamali for Azamgarh Lok Sabha bypoll

LUCKNOW: Less than four months after he quit the BSP to join AIMIM, former Mubarakpur MLA Shah Alam aka Guddu Jamali on Sunday returned to Mayawati's party and managed to get a ticket to contest Lok Sabha bypoll from Azamgarh seat vacated by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The BSP chief, at the same time, reappointed her nephew Akash Anand as the party's national coordinator, a move that illustrated Mayawati's reliance on the young Dalit leader who is often being projected as her successor.

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