Uttar Prdesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s Vikas Rath Yatra has begun from today. In a mega event and in the presenseof Mulayam Singh yadav and state president Shivpal Yadav, Rath Yatra been flaged off Akhilesh embarked on the yatra atop a modified Mercedes bus from Lucknow.
All schools in the state capital and Unnao have been shut owing to the “VVIP movement”, which is all set to bring the state capital and the Lucknow-Kanpur highway to a grinding halt.
Elaborate arrangements are in place on the routes that the chief minister’s Rath will roll on. The yatra is being seen as his first show of strength after the turf war with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav.
The District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) of Lucknow has asked all schools to remain shut in view of the traffic diversions in the state capital, as the convoy of the Chief Minister criss-crosses the city and other nearby places.
