Akhilesh Yadav Appoints Phoolan Devi's Sister to Strengthen Samajwadi Party's Grassroots Presence

LUCKNOW: Politics in Uttar Pradesh has already begun to reverberate in the run-up to the 2027 assembly elections. Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday took a very shocking and strategic decision by appointing Rukmini Nishad, elder sister of former MP late Phoolan Devi, popularly known as'Bandit Queen ', as the state president of SP Mahila Sabha. With this appointment, Akhilesh has clearly indicated that he wants to strengthen his'PDA'( Backward, Dalit, Minority) formula at the grassroots level.