In an informal conversation with the media persons at his official residence, Akhilesh said that he has major responsibility to ensure that SP comes to power again after the polls. “Today I will spend the entire day finalising candidates,” he said. Several party MLAs and workers had assembled at Akhilesh’s residence and the chief minister all of them.
Akhilesh had released a separate list of 235 candidates last month a few hours after then party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav had released a list of candidates in which he had denied ticket to several loyalist of Akhilesh.