The Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati's Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and Ajit Singh led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) had joined together to take on the incumbent NDA, which had secured 73 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
At a time when the Congress party is struggling to keep its flock together with more leaders quitting almost every day to join the BJP, it appears even their allies are working actively to undermine their interests and strengthen their rivals.
3 women candidates were announced on the occasion of international women's day. Dimple Yadav from Kannauj, Purvi Verma from Khiri and Usha Verma from Hardoi.
District Vice President Rajesh Pandey, after leaving the venue of the event, had reached the party office of the Samajwadi Party where he, unfortunately, passed away. The cause of death is said to be a heart attack.