"If the hand is with the cycle, and the cycle is with the hand, imagine the speed," Akhilesh said, referring to his party's 'cycle' symbol and the Congress party's 'hand' symbol. He pushed that image some more: "We (Rahul and I) are the two wheels of the cycle. "Rahul followed Akhilesh with his "meeting of rivers" analogy. ""This alliance will answer those who made the nation's people stand in queues," Akhilesh said, referring to the problems people faced from the. We were sending friendly texts to each other all through," Rahul said about himself and Akhilesh.The Congress also called their alliance historic.

Source: Times of India January 29, 2017 09:19 UTC