Raebareli, Sept. 24 -- A poster depicting Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav as 'Lord Krishna' was put up in Raebareli on Thursday, shortly ahead of his scheduled visit to the district aboard the party's 'PDA Rath'.

The large banner, put up along a main thoroughfare by SP Yuvjan Sabha state secretary Advocate Vishwas Dubey, features the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in the likeness of Lord Krishna adorned in a peacock-feather crown, traditional yellow garments, and playing a flute, while depicting the local party worker alongside as Sudama.

The banner prominently hails Yadav as the "PDA Mahanayak" and reads in Hindi, "Mere Madhav, aapka Sudama ki dharti Raebareli mein swagat hai!" (My Madhav, welcome to Sudama'...