THE political alliance between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) was cemented further on Thursday with the announcement of the name of RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary as SP-RLD joint candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
The announcement has laid to rest speculations about the candidature of Akhilesh Yadav's wife and former Lok Sabha member from Kannauj, Dimple Yadav. However, sources say the party is contemplating to field her from Azamgarh parliamentary constituency, the seat vacated by Akhilesh after he got elected from Karhal in 2022 Assembly polls.
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