In reply to the proposed nine rallies of Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party plans to organise 18 rallies of its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and party state president and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the state.
SP state spokesperson and Minister Rajendra Chaudhary said the decision to hold a series of election meetings of Yadav Senior the party's state president was taken in the state parliamentary board meeting held here on Wednesday.
He said that were finalising the venues of these meetings and the dates would be announced after a final decision was reached after discussions with district party leaders and other functionaries.
Chaudhary said the party had chalked out a strategy to tackle the emergence of communal forces in the state as they were bound to create problems during election.
"The SP leaders have shown their resolve to jointly fight these forces that are trying to destabilise the Government," he added. Meanwhile, addressing party workers, Mulayam Singh Yadav said that Samajwadi Party would play a crucial role post-lok Sabha election.
"People are fed up with Congress and BJP and are looking for a third alternative," he said. Praising the performance of the Akhilesh Yadav Government, the SP supremo said that it had fulfilled in a record time almost all the promises that the party made during the Assembly election.
"This is a pro-people Government that has taken decisions in favour of people. Many pro-students schemes have been launched while farmers' dues have been waived. What UP has achieved in the last two years, no other government has done so," he said.
Yadav Senior said the riots during Muzaffarnagar were unfortunate and the Government would take action against the guilty and provide relief to the affected people.