Lucknow, March 9 -- With the aim of strengthening its core political narrative of PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak), the Samajwadi Party will focus its attention on its bastions - the Lok Sabha seats that have elected Yadav candidates in the past elections.

With the present electoral arithmetic and popular perception, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party continues to enjoy a dominant position in Uttar Pradesh. In view of the challenges in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the 2027 UP assembly polls, the SP has upped the ante to protect its strongholds.

The first important parliamentary constituency is Kannauj from where SP chief Akhilesh Yadav was elected three times and his wife Dimple Yadav twice. This Lok Sabha seat, once represented b...