LS polls: Akhilesh, Maya say 'Delhi not far now'

Lucknow | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

Summary:

LUCKNOW: "Hum saath saath, hum saath saath...

ab Dilli door nahi, hai humein vishwas (we are united and confident that power in Delhi is not far from us now)." Cars are shown zooming past on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway before the Samajwadi Party president takes the screen again. He is then shown around projects such as Janeshwar Mishra Park, Gomti Riverfront and Lucknow Metro. These are the opening lines of a new video campaign of the SP-BSP alliance.Opening with a throwback to the regimes of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati as chief ministers, their developmental projects have been highlighted in the video as crowds cheer for them.With poll fever peaking, the alliance's first official campaign aims to bring a connect between the two leaders and the seat of power in Delhi. While it features cheering supporters of both parties, there is no caste reference of any kind.The nearly two-minute video begins with Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former chief minister Mayawati in the backdrop of the Yamuna Expressway and the Ambedkar Park in Lucknow.She is then shown holding meetings with bureaucrats and issuing directions to officials, depicting her as a tough administrator.Akhilesh Yadav enters the frame as working on files in the official residence of the chief minister..