India, April 4 -- LUCKNOW The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday changed its candidate for a second time in Meerut, replacing Atul Pradhan with former mayor Sunita Verma who filed her nomination during the day.

April 4 was the last date for filing nomination in Meerut, which will got to poll on April 26 in the second phase of Lok Sabha election.

Pradhan, who had filed his nomination on Wednesday, said he accepted the decision of SP president Akhilesh Yadav, who he met in the morning. In his post on X, Pradhan, SP MLA from Sardhana seat said: "Whatever decision national president Akhilesh Yadav ji has taken, I accept it. Soon I will sit with supporters and discuss."

Originally, the SP had named advocate Bhanu Pratap Singh as the party's c...