LUCKNOW, Sept. 15 -- Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has made it clear that candidates for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be announced only after a proper survey and asserted that the party will bet on the winning candidates only.

The former chief minister also asked his party workers to increase their presence among the public and be in touch with voters. Addressing party leaders and workers from Bulandshahr and Hapur districts at the SP state headquarters in Lucknow on Sunday, he said farmers, youth, women and businessmen are all troubled by the BJP government's "wrong policies".

"The general public is against the BJP. The PDA community is being constantly insulted by the BJP government," the Kannauj ...