Will hit sixes in all 6 balls: Akhilesh Yadav after filing nomination from Kannauj

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on April 25 filed his nomination papers from Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency.

When his contest with BJP's Kannauj candidate Subrat Pathak was compared to an India-Pakistan match, Yadav said he would hit a six on the first ball.

"Neither will [Subrat Pathak] be able to throw the ball, nor will he be able to swing the bat. If we don't hit a six on the first delivery, then we are not Samajwadi. We will hit sixes on all six balls," said Yadav.

Akhilesh replaced his nephew Tej Pratap Yadav as the SP candidate from Kannauj. On Monday, the SP had declared his nephew Tej Pratap as its candidate from Kannauj but changed its decision on Wednesday.

Tej Pratap was party's MP from Mainpuri between 2014-19.

Akhilesh had won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat first in 2000 and later represented it in 2004 and 2009.

He vacated the seat after he became the Uttar Pradesh chief minister in 2012, and his wife Dimple Yadav won the by-election unopposed.

Dimple also won in 2014 but lost the seat to BJP's Subrat Pathak in 2019.

Akhilesh, an MLA from the Karhal assembly seat in Mainpuri, is the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.

(With agency inputs)