The Election Commission of India on Tuesday approved the use of cycle symbol by the Akhilesh Yadav camp, formally recognising it as the Samajwadi Party. Here is how the social media reacted to the news:

The only deserving candidate.....................
VOTE FOR AKHILESH pic.twitter.com/ljMCkP9V00
— Zeba Yasmeen (@zeba_yasmeen) January 11, 2017

Finally Akhilesh Yadav got his #Cycle ,
&
Immediately he went to Mulayam 's house in his sparkling Audi !!
— seema choudhary (@Seems3r) January 16, 2017

Muylam Singh tried his best and used all his forces but "Cycle" remained with Akhilesh! pic.twitter.com/8QEZXzkThV
— Pankaj Mishra (@pankajmishra23) January 16, 2017

'While they fight over cycle'

Mulayam Singh's second son Prateek Yadav drives past CM Akhilesh Yadav's house in Lucknow on Friday pic.twitter.com/laIVEfjvUf
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) January 14, 2017

#RahulGandhi, #AkhileshYadav set to kick off joint #SP-#Congress campaign. My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/ztA25ym76z
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) January 12, 2017

Why dont #AkhileshYadav & #Mulayam change the party symbol to 'Motorcycle' so that Son can ride it & father can occupy pillion seat#Cycle
— Devashish Das (@devashishdash) January 16, 2017

Congrats @yadavakhilesh pic.twitter.com/6pauuhfSrC
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 16, 2017

#AkhileshYadav gets #Cycle as Election Symbol pic.twitter.com/6ZMAHBA80l
— Mohammed Ismail (@ismailwafa1993) January 16, 2017

Son beats father in '#cycle' race as EC allots party symbol to #AkhileshYadav - ANI #News https://t.co/oDaNzVFRdJ #RamGopalYadav
— ANI Multimedia (@ANI_multimedia) January 16, 2017

Akhilesh Yadav wants his cycle to be pushed by hand of congress,if he gets thirsty during campaign in western UP RLD hand pump can help him
— Jagjit (@COMMANMANOFUPA) January 16, 2017

A Son's Victory is Victory for the Father.
AkhileshYadav has Won.
Mulayam has Won.
BJP's bad intentions got defeated.
Amar Singh has fled. ?
— Navin Khaitan (@navinkhaitan) January 16, 2017