Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has decided not to campaign for his candidates in the upcoming local body elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Senior SP leader Ram Govind Chaudhary said that Mr Akhilesh will not campaign in the upcoming local body elections in the state and will also not address any rally.
Mr Chaudhary, however, did not spell out any reasons the same.
Reportedly, the strategists in SP have decided that Mr Akhilesh should not campaign in the local elections that are ‘vulnerable to influences’.
Uttar Pradesh will witness three-phase civic polls from November 22, making it the first electoral examination for the ruling BJP.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will start his campaign for the upcoming local bodies’ election from Ayodhya on November 14.
He will address a rally each in all the 16 poll-bound municipalities in the state. More than 3.32 crore voters will exercise their franchise at 36,269 polling booths and 11,389 polling stations. 24 districts will go to polls on November 22, while 25 districts on November 26, and 26 districts on November 29.
The vote counting has been scheduled on December 1.
