Posters targeting Akhilesh Yadav surface in Amethi ahead of UP polls

AMETHI (UP): (Apr 7) Posters and hoardings targeting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have surfaced at several locations here, triggering a political row months ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.

The posters, put up outside the Amethi railway station and at various intersections, carrying a slogan "Aap ko kya chahiye? Akhilesh ka Lyari raj."

The reference was to Lyari, a locality in Pakistan’s Karachi, once notorious for gang wars and violence and was mentioned in the Bollywood movie "Dhurandhar".