LUCKNOW, Oct. 30 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will now begin campaigning for INDIA bloc candidates in the Bihar assembly elections from November 1, instead of November 3 as announced earlier.

According to the revised schedule, Yadav will leave Lucknow's CCSI Airport by a private aircraft at around 10am on November 1 and reach Purnia Airport by 11:45am. From there, he will take a helicopter to Dhamdaha assembly seat in Purnia, where he will address a public meeting in support of Santosh Kumar Kushwaha.

Later, he will fly to Darbhanga to campaign for Lalit Yadav, the candidate from Darbhanga Rural constituency, and is expected to address the rally around 2:30pm. He will return to Lucknow from Darbhanga Airport at around 3:4...