Raebareli, Sept. 24 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's 'PDA Rath' convoy was brought to a temporary standstill on Thursday after being swarmed by a massive crowd of party workers and supporters as he arrived in Raebareli.

Visuals from the scene captured a sea of enthusiastic supporters wearing signature red Samajwadi caps, waving party flags, and raising slogans in support of the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

Standing atop the open section of the campaign bus, Yadav greeted the crowd, waving to the cheering cadres who had lined the road for several hundred meters.

The turnout along the highway is being viewed as a major show of strength by the Samajwadi Party in the Gandhi family bastion of Raebareli, which is curren...