After much deliberations, Samajwadi Party announced Taj Pratap Singh Yadav as the party candidate from Manipuri lok Sabha seat where by-election would be held as the seat was vacated by party president Mulayam Singh Yadav after retaining the Azamagarh seat.
Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav released the name of the candidates here for one lok Sabha and six assembly bypolls scheduled to be held in October. Tej Pratap Singh is the nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav and first cousin of Chief Minister Akhikesh Yadav. Earlier the name of SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav was discussed for the Mainpuri seat but now the name of Tej Pratap has been cleared. The candidates for the six assembly by-election out of the total 12 assembly seats where by-elections would be held are— former MlA Sanjay Garg from Saharanpur sadar, Nahid Hassn from Kairana, Nawab Jan Khan from Thakurdwara, Shivcharan Prajapati from Hamirpur and Shabbir Ahmed Balmiki from Balaha assembly segments. Besides Juhi Singh will be the party nominee from lucknow (East) Assembly segment and Kunwar Rani Ruchibira from Bijnore assembly constituency.