
The party today releases its first list of 55 candidates for the coming elections, including 18 sitting MPs and MLAs, one minister and Speaker of the state Assembly. This was announced by the party spokesman Ram Gopal Yadav in Lucknow today.
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav, who is the sitting MP from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, a prominent name in the list.