UP polls: Sonia-Mulayam missing from campaign trail

This would be probably first time when the topmost leaders have been completely missing in action

SP, Congress, Akhilesh, Akhilesh Yadav, Agra, Rahul Gandhi, Rahul

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National vice-president of Congress, Rahul Gandhi (Left) and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav waving hands at the crowd during their joint rally in Agra, Uttar Pradesh (Photo: @INCIndia)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Feb 09 2017 | 8:23 PM IST

The pre-poll alliance of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) with Congress has over the past few days witnessed whirlwind election campaigning by their respective senior leaders in run up to the coming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

While, SP president and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has taken up the charge on behalf of his party and aided by his cabinet ministers, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is burning the campaign trail with his election meetings across the state.

However, the irony is this would be probably the first time when the topmost leader of both SP and Congress viz. SP patriarch