Akhilesh’s PDA pitch a year before polls leads to face-off with Mayawati as former invokes BSP founder Kanshiram

Lucknow, 3/3: The next assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh may still be a year away but efforts by the major political players in the state to expand their support base by making dent into the rival’s vote bank have already started.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav’s attempt to bring the electorally influential Dalit community to his fold by invoking BSP founder Kanshiram as part of his PDA (pichda, dalit, alpsankhyak) outreach has resulted in a fierce political face off.