Samajwadi Party will launch a mobile application (app) for promoting a membership drive, set to be launched from April 15. This was announced by party chief akhilesh Yadav while addressing a meeting of leaders of the frontal outfits on Wednesday.
Besides containing all information about Samajwadi Party, ideology, manifestos of previous elections, the app will also have speeches and writings of party ideologue Ram Manohar lohia.
During the two-hour meeting, youth leaders sought to paint senior SP leader Shivpal Yadav as a villain and blamed him for the electoral debacle of the party in recent Assembly elections. Almost all speakers meeting blamed the sabotage by senior party leaders for the worst ever poll results. All this while, Akhilesh patiently listened to their complaints.
At the meeting, the SP also decided to devise a cohesive strategy for the coming urban local bodies election. Party sources said that the imminent election would be an important opportunity for the party to not only revive itself but also regain ground lost in recent Assembly poll.
The party has decided to contest the local bodies poll on its election symbol. The SP is also contesting elections of three municipal bodies in Delhi on its symbol.
SP sources said the party would soon start selecting candidates for the urban local bodies' elections in UP. There are 14 municipal corporations in the state and over 900 posts of chairman of municipality and nagar panchyat.
A notification for the elections is likely to be issued by State Election Commission before May 25 and the elections would be completed before July 15.