Samawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday, exhorted his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to visit different states to enhance his political vision.
“By visiting other states, a person could enhance his vision and know the tradition and values of the region. This is a good way of learning and one should imbibe the facts of life by visiting varied places,” he said.
Speaking at a function to mark the sixth death anniversary of Socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra at the Janeshwar Mishra Park in Gomatinagar on Friday, Yadav said that women’s participation should be more in all sectors including politics. He also termed the late Janeshwar Mishra, commonally known as ‘Chhote lohia’ as a great Socialist leader who always cared for the socially and economically backward class of the society.
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in his address, said that the present government was following the ideologies of ‘Chote lohia’ in running the government.
“My government has made thsi huge park after the great leader and was providing pension to 45 lakh families under the Samajwadi Pension Scheme. We are for the welfare of farmers and hence have launched projects keeping them in mind,” he stated.
“Since progress is holistic, hence on one hand we are constructing Greenfield Expressway and Metro rail, while on the other we are setting up kisan mandis for fethcing them a good price,” he said.
Earlier, rich tributes were paid to the late Socialist leader by the Samajwadi Party leaders and top officials.