KANPUR: Shivpal Yadav, who has been given ticket by Samajwadi Party (SP) Akhilesh Yadav, will file nomination from Jaswantnagar on January 28.
Shivpal informed about his nomination through his Twitter account, saying,”I will file my nomination as a candidate of SP and PSP alliance from Jaswantnagar assembly seat of Etawah as per the Covid protocol and other guidelines issued by the Election Commission at 11:30 am on January 28, day-Friday.”
To recall, Shivpal was formally announced as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Jaswantnagar assembly seat on Saturday. He will contest the election on SP’s Bicycle symbol. With the announcement of candidature followed by this tweet, those speculations have also been put to rest, in which it was being said that Shivpal may leave Jaswantnagar seat for his son Aditya. Jaswantnagar seat of Etawah is said to be a stronghold of the SP. SP Patron Mulayam Singh has been MLA for six times on this seat.
On the other hand, Shivpal is an MLA for five consecutive terms. Despite the Modi wave in the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP could not bloom the lotus on Jaswantnagar seat.
Jaswantnagar in Etawah district will vote in the third phase on February 20. Shivpal, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), currently represents the constituency in the assembly. Shivpal had differences with his nephew and SP president Akhilesh Yadav following a family feud and formed the PSPL before the last assembly polls in 2017.
In December last year, they announced an alliance for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh to be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The results will be announced on March 10.
