Akhilesh Yadav's Smartphone Offer: Apply Now, Receive When We Come Back | Read

Akhilesh Yadav's latest instrument to reach out to the people of Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held next year, is the smartphone. After free laptops, the Chief Minister is planning to give away free phones. But conditions apply. People can request now but the smartphones will be home-delivered only in the "second half of 2017"- a clear sign that the Samajwadi Party plans to keep this promise only if it is voted back to power.