The city of Nawabs gears up for a mega show of the ruling Samajwadi Party. The party will soon host a three-day national executive meeting to take stock of the political situation of the State as the Akhilesh Yadav Government completes half of its tenure.
The city is already painted in green and red color, the party colour with flags and hoardings put up across all important crossings and sidewalks.
The national executive meeting will be conducted from October 8 to October 10. After waiting for 22 years, since the party’s inception, the meeting comes at a very critical juncture for the party as it is being held exactly halfway into the party’s five-year term.
The main agenda of the convention will be to re-elect party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as national president of the party for another three-year term. During the convention, the party will also adopt political and economic resolutions.
The convention will also mark party’s foundation day celebrations as it turns 22 this October, party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhry said. The party came into being on October 4,1992.
As a mark of respect for one of its founder members Janeshwar Misra, the leadership will also unveil his 20-feet-tall statue at the venue. The venue will have a 75,000 square feet waterproof pandal, and to ensure speeches of leaders reach every ear a 40,000 watt sound system has been installed. An Army of more than 1,000 workers is working round-the-clock to ensure proper arrangements.