Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Aditya Yadav replaces father Shivpal in Badaun in SP’s new list of UP candidates

Samajwadi Party on Sunday (April 14) replaced Shivpal Yadav and fielded his son Aditya from the Badaun Lok Sabha seat. In the “rectified” list of candidates released on Sunday evening, the party declared the names on two seats –Badaun and Sultanpur. The party has fielded Ram Bhuwal Nishad from Sultanpur seat. He will be up against sitting BJP MP Maneka Gandhi.

The party had first fielded Dharmendra Yadav from the seat. In another list, the party replaced Yadav with Shivpal Yadav. Now, in the latest list, Shivpal has been replaced by his son Aditya.

The Congress and Samajwadi Party are contesting the elections in Uttar Pradesh under the Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc, as part of which Congress will contest on 17 seats out of 80 and the remaining seats will go to the Samajwadi Party and its smaller allies.