Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is preparing to launch a major statewide political campaign ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with the party planning to roll out a 'Samajwadi PDA Rath Yatra' in the last week of August. Party sources indicate that the campaign is likely to begin from a prominent religious town, signalling the SP's continued effort to broaden its political outreach.