Lucknow, Jan. 26 -- Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday unfurled the national flag on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day.

Earlier, in a post on X, Yadav described the day as unique, noting that both the date and year mark 26. "This is a unique Republic Day in the history of independent India, when the date is also 26 and the year is also 26. That is why, special greetings and best wishes for this special Republic Day! Let us, on this special Republic Day, take a special resolve to protect the republic of our country, its foundation democracy, and its base 'Constitution'," he said.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath also paid tribute to the Tricolour after he unfurled the National Flag at his residence in Lucknow, and highlighted the "E...