Rahul, Akhilesh joint show on Sunday to harp on 'son of soil' image

The duo is likely to unveil a common minimum programme, which will form basic guideline of alliance

This Sunday, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will pitch themselves as sons of the soil as against outsider Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to present the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance as a better alternative than the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh.

According to sources, the joint show in Lucknow on January 29 could also see Rahul and Akhilesh unveil a common minimum programme, which will form the basic guideline if the SP-Congress alliance comes to power in the state.

The two leaders are also expected to articulate a theme slogan around which