Mulayam Singh Yadav, Azam to be SP’s star campaigners

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and party’s Muslim face Mohammed Azam Khan have been listed as star campaigners of the party for the bypolls to seven Assembly seats slated to be held on November 3.
While Mulayam is currently undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Medanta hospital in Gurgaon, Azam happens to be in jail in connection with criminal cases pending against him with Rampur police.
Others in the list of star campaigners include SP president Akhilesh Yadav, vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda, principal general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, Indrajeet Saroj, leader of the opposition in the state Assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary and state president Naresh Uttam Patel.
The list comes days after party national president Akhilesh Yadav announced that he would not take part in the Bihar election campaign owing to his engagement in the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh.