The parliamentary board of state Samajwadi Party has authorised party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to select candidates for the elections to legislative Council. Polls to two seats of legislative Council from Teacher’s constituency and three from Graduate constituency is due in November.
The parliamentary board also decided to organise a day-long convention of member of booth committees in each Assembly constituency from September 1 to 7.
The meeting of the SP Parliamentary board was held in lucknow on Monday which was presided over by state chief Akhilesh Yadav. The Board urged Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to intensify the campaign about achievements of the SP government during the last four year.
On his part, Yadav asked party cadres to beware of machinations and conspiracies by the BJP and the Congress. He also asked them to fight the canards being spread by Opposition parties at political level. The Board resolved to take the plunge in 2017 Assembly polls to ensure the return of the SP to power.
Akhilesh Yadav said that parties like the Congress and the BJP were busy in spreading falsehood against the Samajwadis and trying to mislead the people. He said these parties were trying to put the clock back by carrying out a negative campaign against the SP.
The CM said that caste and communal forces by their vituperative campaign against have polluted the agenda of public discoure. He said that there was an urgent need to create awareness among masses about growing menace of communalism.
The Parliamentary Board meet was attended by Speaker of UP Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, cabinet minister Ahmed Hasan, Balram Yadav, Avadesh Prasad, Arvind Singh Gope and two other.