Akhilesh postpones Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today postponed Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra, scheduled on October 3, saying the dates would be announced later.

“I will lay the foundation stone of metro works in Kanpur on October 4. The date of yatra will be decided. Time has changed, now I will see from which ‘disha’ (direction) and time it should start,” he said.

On September 14, Akhilesh had announced Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra — ‘Vikas se vijay ki ore’ through his Twitter handle with a picture in which he is seen sitting inside a bus.