Gaon gaon Akhilesh, the innovative campaign ahead of the 2017 state assembly election campaign for establishing direct contact with the masses has covered five districts so far. The campaign was launched on December 20.
The Samajwadi party spokesman Rajedra Chowdhary said here on Sunday that the `Gaon Gaon akhilesh Yatra;’ has so far covered five districts of the state and by the year end it will cover the entire state. He said after covering the districts Agra Faizabad and Gorakhpur, the yatra has reached Jalaun and Hamirpur.
The SP has launched the yatra for the wider publicity of the achievement of the akhilesh Yadav government. Under the Yatra a light commercial vehicle is fitted with lED screen and projector. The party volunteers accompanying the vehicle are visiting the villages and telling the people about the various programme and policies for their welfare launched by the state government during the last four year. The team of volunteers is also collecting the feedback and the complaints of the people. Publicity material is also distributed in the villages by the party cadres.
The SP spokesman said so far the yatra has visited 148 villages in Agra, 134 in Faizabad, 148 villages Gorakhpur and four villages each in Hamirpur and Jalauan. The yatra has so far established direct contact with close to three lakh villagers.
With an eye on the 2017 Assembly polls, the ruling Samajwadi Party had kick started its campaign named 'Gaon Gaon Akhilesh campaign" by launching 12 lED screen - fitted commercial vehicles, cameras and other publicity equipment on December 20. The convoy of vehicles named 'Samajwadi Jansamvad Vahan' was flagged of by SP general secretary and Rural Development minister, Arvind Singh Gope. In the first phase, the vehicles which cover only three districts. The target of the campaign is to cover over one lakh villages across the state.
By the end of February next year, all 74 districts will be covered by the `Gaon Gaon Akhilesh Campaign’ and all UP villages are likely to be covered by March, 2017. Each vehicle is expected to visit at least 200 villages in each district.
Besides conducting video shows showing achievements of the government, a team of party workers will also record complaints, aspirations and suggestions of the masses for redressal of their grievances and local development. The complaints thus recorded will be submitted to CM Akhilesh Yadav and other party leaders for follow up action. Rajendra Choudhary said that the district SP chiefs will co-ordinate with party workers in the vehicles. He said the workers on board the vehicles will interact with locals and listens to problems and suggestions.
"The campaign will reach people who are still bereft of benefits of development and establish positive communication with them. The leader and workers will participate in the campaign for ensuring contact with masses, ‘said Choudhary. The campaign vehicles through the lED screens and equipment will make people aware of the achievements of the SP government and the development carried out during the last four years.
SP spokesman said that the villages and farmers have always been high the party's priority list which is corroborated by the government decision to declare the next financial year as `Kisan Varsh’.