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Azam's plunge may bring Jaya Prada back in fray

| Monday | 25th March, 2019

Along with Akhilesh's candidature, the Samajwadi Party also announced the name of senior leader Azam Khan as candidate from Rampur. Though he's yet to formally join BJP, Singh has prefixed Chowkidaar to his twitter handle. Earlier with SP, Jaya has always been a close associate of Amar Singh, who in turn has been all praise for PM Narendra Modi and found a mention in latter's public address at an event in Lucknow recently. In the 2009 general elections, he won his third Lok Sabha stint from Kannauj, but quit the seat after he was sworn in chief minister in 2012. This is the first time he's contesting from eastern UP.

That Akhilesh is all set to contest from Azamgarh was first reported by TOI on March 9, 2019.Earlier, the SP chief was in two minds about biting the poll bullet as he had to focus on campaign. Party insiders said he eventually gave in to repeated requests from party leaders from Azamgarh, where a predominant Yadav-Muslim-Dalit electorate form a winning combination and with a SP-BSP alliance in place, the seat was considered a safe bet.The official announcement of Akhilesh's candidature from Azamgarh came days after alliance partner and BSP supremo Mayawati declared she would not contest elections. This is the first time he's contesting from eastern UP. In the 2009 general elections, he won his third Lok Sabha stint from Kannauj, but quit the seat after he was sworn in chief minister in 2012. Along with Akhilesh's candidature, the Samajwadi Party also announced the name of senior leader Azam Khan as candidate from Rampur. A nine-time MLA from Rampur, he has also been a member of the Rajya Sabha.Azam's candidature fuelled speculation of cine star-turned-politician Jaya Prada - who has won the seat in 2004 and 2009 on a SP ticket - being pitted against him by BJP. Earlier with SP, Jaya has always been a close associate of Amar Singh, who in turn has been all praise for PM Narendra Modi and found a mention in latter's public address at an event in Lucknow recently. Though he's yet to formally join BJP, Singh has prefixed Chowkidaar to his twitter handle.

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