Samajwadi Party has announced the names of its five candidates for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls from graduate constituencies.
The candidates announced by party president Akhilesh Yadav here on Saturday are Dr Aseem Yadav from Agra, Ram Singh Rana from Lucknow, Dr Man Singh from Allahabad-Jhansi, Ashutosh Sinha from Varanasi and Samshad Ahmed Mallik from Meerut graduate constituencies.
The term of 11 members of the Council elected from graduate and teachers constituencies would end on May 6, 2020.
Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party announced to launch ‘Samajwadi publicity campaign’ for expanding its base by enrolling youth as members of the party.
SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary said that the programme will run along with the electoral roll revisions being implemented by the Election Commission.
He said that party leaders across the state had been directed to organise camps at the polling booth level and apprise the people about the achievements of the Samajwadi Party government headed by Akhilesh Yadav from March 2012 to March 2017.
The SP leader said all former and sitting MLAs, MLCs and MPs of the party would participate in the programme.
Chowdhary said the party leaders of the three tier panchayati raj institutions like block pramukh and chairman of district panchayat have been directed to participate in the electoral roll revision programme and ensure that the names of all eligible voters from their respective areas are included in the voters’ list.