Lucknow, Nov. 10 -- Samajwadi Party National President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after intensive election campaigning for the INDIA Alliance in Bihar, on Sunday reached Odisha, where he was accorded a warm welcome.
While addressing a large rally in support of Samajwadi Party candidate Ramakant Hati in the Naupada Assembly by-election, AkhileshYadav appealed for a landslide victory for the SP candidate.
Odisha State In-charge Shri Sunil Singh Sajan was present on the occasion.
Speaking to the media, Akhilesh Yadav said that when he was welcomed with firecrackers, he felt like saying, "It feels like Diwali is still going on, and it should continue, because the verdict in Bihar has already been declared in favor...