LUCKNOW, Sept. 14 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday met a delegation of farmers and Khap leaders from western Uttar Pradesh at the party's state headquarters in Lucknow, making a number of commitments if his party returned to power in the state in 2027.

Addressing the gathering, he said the Samajwadi Party remained the natural political home of farmers and described the 2027 assembly elections as a crucial contest that would shape their future.

"In 10 years of BJP rule, farmers have never received fertiliser and seeds on time. Commission and profit-making have reached extreme levels. When farmers need fertiliser, it disappears. When farmers demand it, the government responds with lathis. Middlemen dominate the system and...