Mission UP in mind, Akhilesh Yadav embarks on cycle yatra

Samajwadi Party (SP) is taking out "cycle yatras" across Uttar Pradesh today. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is leading the yatra to protest over a host of issues including price rise, unemployment and farm laws.

With an eye on the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday embarked on a cycle yatra here 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 a few months away.