SP candidate Dimple Yadav files nomination for Mainpuri bypoll

The bypolls for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat will be held on December 5 and the result will be declared on December 8.

By: PTI
Mainpuri | November 14, 2022 03:51 PM IST

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Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Dimple Yadav with her husband and SP President Akhilesh Yadav files nomination for the Mainpuri assembly constituency by-elections, in Mainpuri, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (PTI)

Samajwadi Party candidate for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll Dimple Yadav filed her nomination papers on Monday.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and MP Ramgopal Yadav accompanied 44-year-old Dimple during the filing of nomination papers at the District Magistrate’s office here.

Before submitting the papers, Dimple touched the feet of Ramgopal Yadav.

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Former MP from Mainpuri Tej Pratap and SP district president Alok Sakya were also accompanying them.

The bypolls for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat will be held on December 5 and the result will be declared on December 8. The Mainpuri parliamentary seat fell vacant following the demise of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on October 10.

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Filing of nominations has started and the last date for filing of nomination is November 17.

The BJP is yet to announce its nominee for the seat.

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