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Akhilesh Yadav busy finalising names of SP candidates ahead of time to gauge mood of rebels

By Vidya Shankar Rai
Lucknow, June 11 (UNI) While the Samajwadi Party (SP) is yet to officially announce its candidates for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the party leadership has begun hinting at potential candidates.
According to SP sources, the real intention behind this strategy is to gauge the discontent and the attitude of the rebels in the constituency.
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