Akhilesh Yadav Not Sending Ally Jayant Chaudhary To Rajya Sabha: Sources
NDTV
The third seat might go to party leader Dimple Yadav, who is also Akhilesh Yadav's wife.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is not sending ally Jayant Chaudhary to the Rajya Sabha on his party's ticket, sources said today. Of the three upper house seats that the party has, nominations for two have already been filed. Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who revealed today that he has quit the Congress party, filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party. Javed Ali Khan has also filed his nomination from the party.
The third seat might go to party leader Dimple Yadav, who is also Akhilesh Yadav's wife.
Sources say Mr Yadav had promised to send Jayant Chaudhary to the Rajya Sabha. Mr Yadav wanted him in the upper house under the Samajwadi Party's banner but Mr Chaudhary insisted on going as his own party Rashtriya Lok Dal's candidate with support from the Samajwadi Party.
The Samajwadi Party's move to support Mr Sibal is seen as a quid pro quo after his efforts as party MP Azam Khan's lawyer.
