Dimple Yadav, a parliamentarian from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj and wife of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, will file her nomination from her parliamentary seat today.
She is seeking re-election from the Kannauj parliamentary seat.
Dimple Yadav was first elected from Kannauj in 2012 in the by-polls. She then won the seat in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Akhilesh Yadav is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Azamgarh constituency and Mulayam Singh Yadav from Mainpuri.
The seven-phase Lok Sabha polling is scheduled from April 11 and will end on May 19. The Counting of votes will be on May 23.
