Samajwadi Social gathering chief Dimple Yadav, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster Akhilesh Yadav’s spouse, on Monday took oath as Lok Sabha MP after an impressive victory within the Mainpuri bypolls in Uttar Pradesh final week. The seat was vacated following the loss of life of her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav in October. She had defeated her BJP rival – Raghuraj Singh Shakya – by greater than two lakh votes within the Samajwadi Social gathering stronghold.
A video was posted by the Sansad TV the place she was seen studying out the oath. The 44-year-old chief is the primary lady MP from Mainpuri. The winter session of parliament began final week.
“I at all times maintained Mainpuri voters will create historical past they usually did. That is the victory of netaji (the late Mulayam Singh Yadav) and is actually the tribute paid by Mainpuri voters to their departed chief,” she had mentioned on Thursday after the massive win. Mulayam Singh Yadav is fondly remembered as “Netaji”. Mayawati’s BSP and the Congress had not contested the seat.
Akhilesh Yadav, who had stop because the Lok Sabha MP in March to ship in his new function because the opposition chief within the UP meeting, had hit out on the BJP over “detrimental politics”. “Voters have endorsed the politics of Netaji (his father) and growth he did in Mainpuri, we are going to take it ahead. The administration created strain however voters defied it,” he mentioned on Thursday.
Forward of the Mainpuri bypolls, Akhilesh and his uncle Shivpal had additionally settled variations together with his uncle Shivpal Yadav. It was mentioned {that a} majority of votes for Dimple got here from his stronghold – Jaswantnagar.
“Uncle Shivpal Yadav made us stand in opposition to all ways by native administration right here. I’m grateful to voters of Jaswant Nagar, the constituency of Shivpal Yadav, for contributing most to the occasion win right here. I thank voters of my meeting seat Karhal, voters in Kisni, Mainpuri Metropolis and Bhongaon for help,” Akhilesh mentioned, thanking him on Thursday.
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