Akhilesh Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha after being elected as UP MLA

Lucknow, Mar 22: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday submitted his resignation from the Azamgarh parliamentary constituency to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Akhilesh Yadav had won the Karhal assembly seat in the recently-held assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Besides him, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has four other members in the Lok Sabha, including his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Akhilesh Yadav has decided to concentrate on state politics by resigning from his Lok Sabha seat.