Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday refused to confirm reports that he has decided to contest the February-March Uttar Pradesh election. He was also evasive when asked to specify the constituency for his poll debut in UP.
Yadav is presently MP from Azamgarh."I will seek the permission of the people of Azamgarh if I decide to contest the election. I need to seek their permission because they elected me from there," the SP chief said.
He was replying to media questions on whether he would contest the election from a constituency in Azamgarh from where he is Lok Sabha member.Akhilesh Yadav is under tremendous political pressure to contest the assembly election as the Bharatiya Janata Party has already announced that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be the party candidate from Gorakhpur.