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| 'Bhabhi' Dimple to contest Lok Sabh |
| 'Bhabhi' Dimple to contest Lok Sabha poll, rates Akhilesh govt 8 out of 10
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| INDIA
, 5-June-2012
5:6:41 AM |
| Dressed in a simple green sari, her hair tied back, her husband by her side, Dimple Yadav addressed a huge rally in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning. Like any politician about to contest an election, she reminded the gathering of their special connection. "I want to thank all of you...for many of you, I am 'Bhabhi' (sister-in-law)", she said.
Mrs Yadav will contest the Lok Sabha election from Kannauj, a constituency represented thrice by her husband Akhilesh till he won an outsized victory in the recent state elections and took over as chief minister of the state. Mr Yadav, who at 39 is UP's youngest chief minister, had to vacate his Lok Sabha seat to become a member of the state assembly.
Dimple Yadav, 35, hopes to replace him, though she told NDTV that she is "always shy when it comes to electoral politics." She filed her nomination today and husband Akhilesh Yadav said, "I cannot campaign for my wife so I appeal to the people of Kannauj to make Dimple win...last time she did not fare well, so this time I hope she will win." As the couple talked to NDTV, Dimple returned the favour - she scored her husband's government of almost three months an eight on ten on performance.
The election is scheduled for June 24. In a gesture loaded with meaning, the Congress has decided not to put up a candidate against Mrs Yadav. "We had not contested the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha election and we are not contesting it now," Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said. He pointed out that the Congress had also not fielded a candidate against Mr Yadav's father, Mulayam Singh, in the Lok Sabha election for Mainpuri
As head of the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh provides external support to the Congress-led UPA government. In recent weeks, as tension between the Congress and its ally Mamata Banerjee has peaked, Mulayam Singh has been seen as a possible white knight.
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