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A 32-year-old Uttarakhand Transport Corporation employee on Friday set off from here on a 350km cycle yatra to the Badrinath shrine

More than a dozen ministers and senior leaders pushed the pedal on Monday as the Samajwadi cycle yatra entered its last phase.

Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar Chaudhary on Sunday undertook a "cycle yatra" from Connaught Place to the residences of all 10 MPs of Delhi, to hand over letters against fuel price hike.

Armed with a will to show the world that women are no less in any field and a wish to spread awareness about the environmental conservation, Nepal’s ‘kung fu nuns’ returned to India on their annual cycle yatra, this time to Ladakh through the borders of the Uttarakhand state on Thursday.

After successfully leading the fight against Nirma's cement plant in Mahuva, DrKanubhai Kalsaria, a three-time BJP MLA from Mahuva, has now set his eyes on theSaurashtra coast.

In a massive show of strength, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav led a statewide cycle yatra in Lucknow to highlight ‘growing resentment among people’ against the ruling BJP and the failure of the government on all fronts. Thousands of SP workers accompanied the party chief on cycles behind him at the Lucknow event.

The Samajwadi Party took out cycle rallies across Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday morning in an apparent attempt to counter the BJP's pitch for yoga.

The yatra will be flagged off by the family of Khajanchi, the boy born outside a bank where his mother was standing in queue to exchange banned currency notes following demonetisation.

Ahead of the Assembly polls, Samajwadi party on Sunday launched a 10-day campaign ‘cycle yatra’ across the state in a bid to reach out to the rural population and make them aware of the achievements of the Akhilesh government and the welfare programmes and schemes launched by it.

Environment, forest and climate change minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday said he would embark on a cycle yatra from Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district to Kaimur wildlife sanctuary, which is proposed to be declared as second tiger reserve in Bihar, to spread awareness about wildlife.

TDP MLA from Palakollu Nimmala Ramanaidu took up a 100 km ride on a bicycle from his constituency to district headquarters to raise issues faced by the people and farmers. However, cops stopped him midway citing lockdown rules and escorted him home, following which the MLA began a 24-hour hunger strike.

Cyclists from various parts of the state took out a cycle tiranga yatra on the eve of the 75th Independence Day, on Sunday. Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak flagged off the cycle yatra at KD Singh Babu Stadium amid the chants of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Matram’.

Delhi Congress will take out Haath Ke Saath Yatra from Sunday to make people aware about Nyuntam Aay Yojna (NYAY), Congress president Rahul Gandhi's promise of ensuring an annual payment of Rs 72,000 to the poor.

Flagged off by mayor Firhad Hakim, the cycle yatra will start from Kolkata on February 6 and then pass through Ranaghat, Krishnagore, Burdwan, Durgapur, Asansol, Purulia and culminate in Bankura on February 11.

The participants of 'cycle yatra', dubbed as 'Haath Ke Saath Yatra' by the party, will interact with the people and tell about Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's promise of Rs 72,000 per annum payments to poor people.

As the battle for SP symbol intensified on Monday, TOI takes a look at how the cycle catapulted the political careers of Mulayam & Akhilesh Even with his fleet of cars, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav never hesitated to undertake his cycle yatras during the early 1990s and that is what established his `dharti putra' (son of soil) character.