UP Assembly Election 2022: Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav to contest election from Karhal seat in Mainpuri

It is official now that Akhilesh Yadav will be fighting elections in Assembly Elections 2022, his first shot at contesting the polls in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022. At a press conference, Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav today made a formal announcement that Yadav will contest the upcoming assembly election from Karhal seat in Mainpuri.

Mainpuri is the Lok Sabha constituency of SP patriarch and Yadav's father Mulayam Singh.

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The announcement comes after the current news of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi contesting from Gorakhpur Sadar came.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party will provide jobs to 22 lakh youths in the IT sector if it is voted to power in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Yadav was speaking at a press conference here.

The SP will work to provide 22 lakh jobs to trained youths in the IT sector after coming to power, Yadav said.

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

Inputs from PTI