Lucknow: After free laptops to students, the ruling Samajwadi Party is mulling giving mobile phones to students and might include it in the party's manifesto for the 2017 assembly polls.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav hinted at the possibility today while addressing a programme here. "We have fulfilled our promise (made in 2012 assembly manifesto) of providing free laptops to students. In the days to come, it is possible that for poor, government might decide to give some facilities. If we have to give mobile to common man, we Samajwadis will also think in this regard and might include it in our manifesto," he said.