Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) president Shivpal Singh Yadav greeted his nephew and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav after the latter filed his nomination papers from Karhal assembly seat on Monday.
Shivpal Yadav is contesting the assembly election from Jaswantnagar assembly constituency on the symbol of SP. The Karhal assembly seat, which has been with SP, will go to polls on February 20.
Shivpal Yadav tweeted, “Congratulations dear Akhilesh on nomination from Karhal and best wishes in advance for winning with record votes. People’s blessings and prayers are with you. In 2022, under your leadership, the SP coalition government will write a new story of success and you will make the dreams of the poor and downtrodden come true. Yashasvi bhava (May you be successful).”
PSPL chief Shivpal Yadav had earlier filed his nomination papers from Jaswantnagar in Etawah, which has been his traditional seat.
Shivpal has filed his nomination on the symbol of SP as PSPL could not retain the election symbol of ‘key’ allotted to it during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Vivek Shakya against Shivpal Yadav from Jaswantnagar.