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Team Akhilesh-Rahul will not hold a road show after all in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi as Uttar Pradesh votes in the first phase of crucial assembly elections tomorrow.

In the latest twist in the father-son battle ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav has taken a 180-degree turn and said he will not just campaign for the Samajwadi Party but also the Congress; days ago, he had gone public with his deep resentment at the alliance forged by his son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh will gather steam today as Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi get together for a mega "Rath Yatra" in Lucknow. The two leaders will jointly address the media before the three-hour road show begins at 2 pm. It will be their first appearance after the two parties sealed a deal last week.

The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance which was promising to alter the political equations for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble with both sides calling the other's demands for more seats unreasonable.

Akhilesh Yadav, having set aside his family drama, is moving on to the next order of business ahead of the election: stapling together the alliance that he believes will help him counter rivals Mayawati and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh which begins voting next month. A deal with the Congress will be announced "in a day or two," he told NDTV today. The ...

Team Akhilesh-Rahul will not hold a road show after all in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi as Uttar Pradesh votes in the first phase of crucial assembly elections tomorrow.

In the latest twist in the father-son battle ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav has taken a 180-degree turn and said he will not just campaign for the Samajwadi Party but also the Congress; days ago, he had gone public with his deep resentment at the alliance forged by his son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh will gather steam today as Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi get together for a mega "Rath Yatra" in Lucknow. The two leaders will jointly address the media before the three-hour road show begins at 2 pm. It will be their first appearance after the two parties sealed a deal last week.

The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance which was promising to alter the political equations for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is in trouble with both sides calling the other's demands for more seats unreasonable.

Akhilesh Yadav, having set aside his family drama, is moving on to the next order of business ahead of the election: stapling together the alliance that he believes will help him counter rivals Mayawati and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh which begins voting next month. A deal with the Congress will be announced "in a day or two," he told NDTV today. The ...