Azamgarh: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday filed his nomination papers from Azamgarh.
Akhilesh Yadav, who arrived here in the morning, reached the Collectorate Office at around 1.15 pm and then held a massive five-kilometre-long road show.
Large number of SP supporters carried placards of the party chief and raised slogans like ‘Kaam bolta hai’. They also raised slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
During his road show from the Collectorate Office to Bhatauli chauraha here, Akhilesh Yadav waved at the crowd and shook hands with many of the party supporters.
In 2014, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had won the seat.