Live updates: Akhilesh Yadav attacks PM Narendra Modi in UP rallies

The meeting assumed significance as it was the maiden outing of the two leaders since reaching a seat-sharing agreement for the polls, which starts from February 11. Out of the 403 assembly seats, Congress will be contesting in 105 and SP the rest of 298 seats. However, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav said, hours later, that he was against the alliance and would not campaign for it. Despite faring poorly in most surveys, SP seems to have regained its lost grounds following the elevation of Akhilesh as the party’s national president and the subsequent alliance with the Congress.

LIVE UPDATES:

03.15 PM: Stay away from those who ‘mann ki baat’. We’ve been told those who do ‘mann ki baat’ are capricious: Akhilesh Yadav

o3.05 PM: With Congress by our side, if they have their hand on the pedal then think how fast the cycle will run: Akhilesh Yadav

03.00 PM: Akhilesh Yadav addressing a rally in Jaithara

2:38 PM: Neither Lotus (BJP) nor Elephant (BSP)..no one can compete against the Cycle (SP), says Akhilesh Yadav

2:34 PM:  Sarkar agar banegi toh sabse zyaada agar samman badhega toh netaji ka badhega: Akhilesh Yadav

2:26 PM: Akhilesh Yadav criticises demonetisation drive, says Rs 500, 1000 notes were banned without any preparation and the country’s economy has got affected by this.

2:20 PM: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav addressing a rally in Etah