UP is the worst performer in every report, survey: Akhilesh Yadav

'The MLAs of the ruling party are not being allowed to enter villages', said Yadav

Amid the heat and dust of the election campaign, Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party, takes time off to tell Nitin Kumar how he thinks the Yogi Adityanath government has failed, especially in providing employment and law and order, and what he will do if brought to power. Edited excerpts:

Voting for Western UP is over and the second phase is due today. The Samajwadi Party did not do well in the 2017 Assembly elections. What has changed since and how confident are you of winning here?

The people of UP have been waiting for the election date for the past