Fearing that anti-incumbency factor could affect party’s poll prospect Samajwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav held a meeting with MPs, legislators and candidates for the forthcoming lok Sabha election asking them to spread the message of good work being done by the Akhilesh Yadav Government among people.
"A canard is being spread by the opposition parties about lack of development during Samajwadi Party Government. Counter these allegations with the good work being done by the Akhilesh Government," Yadav Sr told the leaders in a meeting held here on Tuesday. The meeting that continued for over four hours was attended by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his senior ministers.
The meeting was held at the back-drop of three day meeting of BSP where Mayawati stressed on prevailing lawlessness in the state and said that jungle raj prevailed in Uttar Pradesh. She even said that people now rue their decision not to support BSP in the last assembly election of 2012. She asked her party leaders to connect with people who are facing the brunt of SP Government’s mis-rule.
Samajwadi party knows that if these allegations continue the party may face a debacle in lok Sabha election. Therefore, Mulayam Singh asked the party candidates about the problems they are facing in their campaign. "The candidates have been declared. They should go and work with people. Where ever they feel problem they should report to the party national general secretary Ram Asrey Kushwaha about this," Yadav said.
Yadav talked at length about the importance of the coming lok Sabha election for the future of Samajwadi Party. He said if the party can win 60 seats Samajwadi party would be instrumental in forming next Government. Some of the candidates even vowed to make Yadav next Prime Minister. "This can happen only if we win enough seats. And we will win seats only if we connect with people better and tell the masses about the god work being done by the present government," Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who also happens to be the state president of the party said.
Revenue Minister Ambika Chaudhry who attended the meeting told reporters that Yadav senior gave guidelines to MPs, legislator and candidates for the lok Sabha elections and asked them to work accordingly. Meanwhile, the meeting was marred by protests of party workers from Ghazipur who demanded that Shaadab Fatima should be given a ministerial berth. later, a delegation met Yadav Sr. and apprised him of workers’ demand.