2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election - Samajwadi Party (SP) Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav announces candidates for 325 of the 403 seats Wednesday Dec 28,2016

Mulayam Singh Releases First List Of Candidates For 2017 UP Elections, Rules Out An Alliance

In a definite snub to Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday announced candidates for 325 of the 403 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, "ignoring" his son's objections to certain names, and "ruled out" alliance with any party for the upcoming polls.

At a press conference, Mulayam released the list of 325 candidates, giving tickets to 176 sitting MLAs.

Names of candidates for rest of the 78 seats would be announced soon, he said, flanked by state party chief Shivpal Yadav, while Chief Minister Akhilesh was away on a tour.