Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 22 (ANI): A poster showing Lord Hanuman blessing Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is depicted sitting before the deity with folded hands, surfaced outside the party office in Lucknow on Tuesday, a day after a series of posters targeting the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister with images of Atiq Ahmed, Azam Khan and Mukhtar Ansari appeared across the state.
The latest poster carries the message "Vijay Bhav 2027", portraying Akhilesh Yadav in a devotional setting and invoking the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
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The poster comes amid an emerging political poster war in Uttar Pradesh, where political activity has intensified ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls.
On Monday, posters targeting Akhilesh Yadav were reported from Lucknow and several other cities, including Ghazipur, Ambedkar Nagar, Moradabad, Unnao, Etawah, Sitapur, Bareilly, Meerut and Azamgarh.
Those posters featured pictures of former SP leaders Atiq Ahmed, Azam Khan and Mukhtar Ansari alongside Akhilesh Yadav and carried slogans linking the SP chief with alleged "mafia" elements.
The posters also targeted the previous SP government over issues related to law and order and alleged criminal-political links.
The identity of those who put up the posters....
