New Delhi: Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will address joint press conference at 1 PM on Sunday.


The media briefing will be followed by a joint road show at 2 PM in the state capital Lucknow.

This is the first time leaders of both the parties will address a joint press conference.

However, before the event Siddharth Nath Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a jibe on SP-Cong alliance saying, reported ANI-"UP likes this alliance? Who likes this? One is corrupt and other is goon." (UP ko ye saath pasand hai? Kisko pasand hai? Ek bhrashtachari hai ek gundachari hai)

Interestingly, on Saturday, a poster showing Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav together appeared in Uttar Pradesh. It reads-"UP ko ye saath pasand hai". (UP likes this alliance)