India: Samajwadi Rath Yatra second phase to begin from 31st

 Samajwadi Rath Yatra

Kanpur: Beginning his first leg of Yatra Akhilesh Yadav is reported to be planning his second phase of rath yatra from Hardoi. Covering Kanpur Nagar, Hamirpur, Jalaun and Kanpur Dehat he is ready to embark upon his next excursion on Oct 31.

He will attend SBSP mahapanchayat at the Haldharpur in Mau district.

Rajbhar and Akhilesh are expected to formally announce their alliance at the event.The seat sharing formula will be declared afterwards.

Speaking to media on Monday in Lucknow, Akhilesh had confirmed his participation possibly as the chief guest in Mau rally.

A day after the mega show in Mau, Akhilesh may address a rally in his parliamentary constituency Azamgarh. 

Speaking of the  Samajwadi Rath Yatra, the SP chief had said, "The Samajwadi Vijay Rath will run from Ganga to the Yamuna.

The Rath Yatra is deemed a lucky charm by the Samajwadi Party as whenever Akhilesh Yadav has gone on one, the SP has formed the government in UP.

Decorated with pictures of party patriarch and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, party MP from Rampur Azam Khan, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav, and party State president Naresh Uttam Patel, and embossed with the slogan 'Bado Ka Hath Yuva Ka Sath' (the older generation blesses the new), the bus will ferry Akhilesh.

On the other side of the bus is a solo picture of the SP chief with the slogan, 'Kisan, Gareeb, Mahila, Yuva, Karobari, Sabki Ek Awaz Hai, Hum Samajwadi' (farmers, the poor, women, the youth, traders, everyone says in one voice, we are Samajwadi).