'Mission UP' In Mind, Akhilesh Yadav Begins Mega Cycle Rally From Lucknow

Samajwadi Party Cycle Rally: Before cycling down the streets of the state capital, Akhilesh Yadav told reporters at the party headquarters that his party will win 400 seats in the next assembly elections.

With an eye on the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today began his 'cycle yatra' in Lucknow to raise issues like price rise, unemployment, farm laws and crime rate. Though the "cycle yatra" at the tehsil-level in all districts marks the birth anniversary of veteran socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra, the purpose, political observers say, is to galvanise the SP ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections, barely few months away. Before cycling down the streets of the state capital, Akhilesh Yadav told reporters at the party headquarters that his party will win 400 seats in the next assembly elections. "I was saying that we will win 350 seats. But seeing the anger of people, I can say we can now win 400 seats," the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said.