With an aim to win the support of farmers the Samajwadi Party Government has declared holiday on December 23 – the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chaudhry Charan Singh.
Principal secretary General Administration Archana Agarwal said in a statement issued here on Tuesday that the holiday would be under Negotiable Instruments Act.Charan Singh’s birth day was mired by controversy when union government refused to organize a function at Kisan Ghat in New Delhi. The Rashtriya lok Dal had started a campaign asking government to organize the function.“Every year the Union Government organizes function at Kisan Ghat. But this time the NDA has refused to do so. It has not even cited any reason,” RlD national general secretary Anil Dubey said.BJP state president Dr laxmi Kant Bajpai however said that leaders of the stature of Charan Singh do not belong to any party. “The BJP on its part will organize a function,” he said.