In a bid to set its house in order ahead of the crucial 2019 lok Sabha elections, the opposition Samajwadi Party is desperate to settle the issue of lok Sabha seats to be contested by the members of the first family of the party.
SP President Akhilesh Yadav is likely to re enter the lok Sabha from Kanauj parliamentary constituency presently represented by his wife Dimple Yadav.
Akhilesh Yadav made debut in politics in 1999 by winning his first election from Kanauj lok Sabha seat.
Presently Akhilesh Yadav is the Member of the legislative council and his term is upper house of the State legislature ends on may five this year.
Presently SP has five MPs in lok Sabha and all are from the first family of the party.
They include Mulayam Singh Yadav (Azamgarh), his daughter in law Dimple Yadav (Kannauj) his grandson Tejpratap Yadav (Mainpuri) his nephew Dharmendra Yadav (Badaun) and his nephew Akshay Kumar (Ferozabad).
Former national president and SP’s patron Mulayam Singh Yadav is all set to desert the Azamgarh lok Sabha seat and return to his traditional Mainpuri lok Sabha seat.
With MUlayam Singh deciding to return to Mainpuri, the fate of the sitting MP and his grandson Tejpratap Yadav is uncertain.