Will Contest Polls If The Party Wants: Akhilesh Yadav To NDTV | Read

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav told NDTV Friday that he remained open to contesting the 2022 UP Assembly election - after having told news agency PTI last month that he would not. Mr Yadav - whose 'rainbow' alliance of regional parties is emerging as a serious challenge to the BJP's re-election hopes - said a decision on him standing for election would be taken by his party. "If the party wants, I will contest the election. I had said earlier too that if the party decides, I will contest the election in 2022," Mr Yadav told NDTV during the final stage of his Samajwadi Vijay yatra.