KANPUR: Alluding to a recent remark of BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj that 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be the last, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said "people are saying that there will be no election in the days to come, so we will have to exercise our franchise and save the democracy"."We are not supposed to indulge in 'chaiwala' and 'chowkidar' debate. We should exercise our franchise, elect a new PM and save our democracy," Akhilesh told a gathering of party workers and supporters on the lawns of his ancestral house in Saifai on the occasion of Holi.He also hit out at BJP, alleging it had backtracked from the promises made during the 2014 polls and also assailed it for playing 'decisive politics'.Speaking on the occasion, Mulayam said, "One should always believe in giving special place and respect to women in politics. If you ignore them, you will not be able to succeed."To recall, Akshay Yadav, son of Mulaym's brother Ram Gopal Yadav , is SP nominee from Firozabad constituency, while Akhilesh's wife Dimple Yadav has been fielded from Kannauj and Akshay Yadav and Kamlesh Katheria from Firozabad and Etawah, respectively. Shivpal, meanwhile, has declared that he will contest from Firozabad."I am a 'sanyasi' and I speak whatever comes to my mind. I want to tell you that there would be no election (Lok Sabha poll) after this poll. This election is being fought in the name of the country. We all (BJP workers) will work hard and with full honesty to ensure party's grand win," Sakshi had recently said in Unnao.

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