Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav today resigned from Lok Sabha (LS). He submitted his resignation from the Azamgarh parliamentary constituency to LS Speaker Om Birla. This comes after he was elected as an MLA from Karhal in the recently held Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly elections.
Besides him, the SP has four other members in the LS, including his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Apart from Akhilesh Yadav, SP leader Azam Khan has also resigned from LS. Both the leaders have decided to concentrate on state politics by resigning from his LS seat.