Akhilesh declines UP CM Yogi's challenge to contest from Ayodhya, says 'Young candidate enough'

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav declined UP CM Yogi Adityanath's challenge to contest from Ayodhya in the 2027 Assembly elections. Yadav said a young candidate is enough to take on the BJP in Ayodhya. The SP has already declared Tej Narayan Pandey as its candidate from Ayodhya. Akhilesh had dared Yogi to contest from Ayodhya in the polls.