Lucknow, Oct. 30 -- Samajwadi Party has extended support to the upcoming INDIA-bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1, with party workers set to join the upcoming mega-rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in large numbers, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Addressing a press conference here in Lucknow, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday, "We will all participate in the rally against Gyanesh Kumar".

The SP chief also praised the recent win of his party's candidates in the concluded MLC elections, claiming that the results show a "rejection of BJP's communal politics."

"The BJP has lost this election-a defeat for those who claimed to be "visionaries." We have ...