Know Akhilesh Yadav, the UP Chief Minister

New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party nearly six years back had bitten the dust in the face of Mayawati's juggernaut in Uttar Pradesh, once considered to be SP's fortress.Mayawati with her victory in 2007 assembly elections left gave Samajwadi Party a tough time. If this was not all, after two years, in 2009 SP could only manage to grab only 24 Lok Sabha seats.The miserable condition of the party demanded a ventilator support system.Akhilesh Yadav who was only taking care of the youth wing of Samajwadi Party was approached by his father with a motive of giving a new and young face to the party.Mulayam Singh inducted his son Akhilesh as made president for UP state. Now Akhilesh had the task of reviving the party from its deteriorating condition, inject the party with new, innovative and young ideologies and mainly get hold of the vote banks which had slipped out of the hands of Samajwadi party.The journey was not a cakewalk for Akhilesh. Ultimately he won, and became the chief minister of India's most populous state.Here we give you some interesting facts about Akhilesh Yadav who revitalized his party and gained the party's position back in Uttar Pradesh.Born to Mulayam Singh and Malti Devi, Akhilesh is their first son. He was born in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.Married to Dimple Yadav, Akhilesh has been blessed with a happy married life. This has been proven over and over in Akhilesh's statements like ``shaadi hote hi kismet khul gayi''. Dimple gained prominence after she contested election in 2009 from Ferozabad constituency which Alhilesh had won and vacated. However, Dimple lost elections to Raj Babbar who was representing the Congress party.Akhilesh began his education with Rajasthan's Sainik School followed by a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and Masters Degree in Civil Environment Engineering from University of Mysore. His Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from University of Sydney was an add on.Akhilesh very strongly feels towards environmental causes. So much so that Akhilesh has his profession on his official bio data drafted as Agriculturist, Engineer and Political and Social Worker.Akhilesh believes in in-person interaction with general public. He entered mainstream politics at an early age of 27. He contested election and won from Kannauj constituency in 2000. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections Akhilesh won from two constituencies, Kannauj and Ferozabad. He decided to keep Kannauj and vacated Ferozabad seat for which his wife Dimple later fought for.For winning the assembly elections Akhilesh had to work hard and put issues like law and security on priority. He crossed approximately 10,000 kms holding 800 rallies in Uttar Pradesh to woo his vote bank once again.Akhilesh with wife Dimple at a function