Samajwadi Party held an election rally in Malegaon city of Nashik district on Friday, in which Akhilesh Yadav also participated. Heavy rain started in Malegaon even before the rally. Akhilesh Yadav came on stage with his colleagues and addressed the rally while getting drenched in the rain. People who came to listen to the speech in the rally also kept getting drenched in the rain and when the rain became very heavy, people kept chairs on their heads and listened to the speech of Akhilesh Yadav and Iqra Hasan while getting drenched. Akhilesh launched a scathing attack on the Shinde government of the state and appealed to the people to vote for the SP candidate. 

SP has announced four candidates

Amidst the talks in the Mahavikas Aghadi alliance, the Samajwadi Party has announced the names of its candidates for four seats. Abu Azmi has been fielded from Shivaji Nagar, while Raees Sheikh has been given ticket from Bhiwandi East and Saine Hind from Malegaon.

Addressing the rally, Akhilesh Yadav said, we will have to be cautious in Maharashtra, everyone knows how the current government was formed. "This is not an encounter, this is murder and the whole public is watching this. We will have to be very cautious in Maharashtra. You have seen this government, it was not formed by ballot papers, no one knows how it was formed."

Abu Azmi gave a controversial statement

SP leader Abu Azmi gave a controversial statement in Malegaon. Abu Azmi said, the day SP will have eight MLAs, no one who has drunk his mother's milk will be able to commit atrocities against Muslims. Politics may intensify on this statement of Abu Azmi. Akhilesh Yadav has already fielded his four candidates before the decision of seat sharing among Mahavikas Aghadi.