Following footprints of its arch political rival Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday announced its first list of 25 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections scheduled later this year.
SP State president Gauri Singh Yadav in a press statement informed that with the consent and permission of party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and general secretary Ramgopal Yadav the first list of twenty-five candidates for the assembly elections scheduled in November this year has been announced.
Three women figure in the list of 25 announced by the party including its maiden sitting legislator Meera Yadav from Nivadi in Tikamgarh district, the other two women are Kavita Samvle from Betul and Shivkali Dhurve from Mandla.
The SP also include names of candidates from two assembly constituencies of the state capital, Azhar Ali has been named from Narela assembly constituency while Ramswaroop Yadav has been named from Huzur assembly constituency.