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Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to contest Uttar Pradesh legislative polls

UP Vidhan Parishad polls are due to fill 13 seats either falling vacant soon or already vacant

Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party, SP
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Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow.

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of principal opposition Samajwadi Party (SP), is unlikely to contest the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad polls himself.

Yadav is the sitting UP member of legislative council (MLC) and his term is due to expire on May 5. If he does not contest the polls slated later this month, it would mean that the former UP chief minister would not be the member of any house for the time being and join the league of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati. She had last year resigned from her Rajya Sabha seat and ever since, she