In reply to the proposed nine rallies of BJP’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 Uttar Pradesh.
SP State spokesperson and Minister Rajendra Chaudhary said the decision to hold a series of election meetings of Yadav senior and the party’s State president was taken in the State Parliamentary Board meeting.
He said that the venues of these meetings and the dates would be announced after a final 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 elections.