In 2019, the Samajwadi Party fielded a five-time MLA and former minister in the UP Cabinet, Indrajeet Saroj, from the Kaushambi Lok Sabha Seat in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Saroj lost to BJP's Vinod Kumar Sonkar. Five years later, Mr Saroj's son, Pushpendra Saroj, who just turned 25, was appointed the Samajwadi Party candidate from the same seat. The junior Saroj defeated Mr Sonkar by over a lakh votes.