Another Show Of Unity: Stage Set For SP’s Silver Jubilee Event
The ruling Samajwadi Party is all geared up for the party's mega silver jubilee celebrations on Saturday with JD(U), RJD, RLD leaders set to share the stage with Uttar Pradesh's first family.
Congress's presence at the event is not assured as of now.
“The preparations for the historic event have been made. Samajwadi and Lohiawadi leaders will be sharing the stage with ‘netaji' (Mulayam Singh Yadav),” SP state president Shivpal Yadav said.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, RLD Cheif Ajit Singh, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala, KC Tyagi (JD-U) and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani are some of the prominent names to attend the event.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, however, won't be present despite a personal invitation.
“With the event, SP will be formally launching its election campaign,” Shivpal said, adding that its main objective was to stop BJP from forming government in Uttar Pradesh.
It will also be interesting to see if there are any talks of an alliance with the Congress after the event is over.
In a press conference on Thursday, the SP state unit chief had said, “After forming majority government in UP in 2017, all secular forces will unite to uproot the BJP government at the Centre.”
In a bid to portray a united front ahead of the 2017 state Assembly elections, the feuding first family had come together to flag off Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's ‘Rath Yatra' in Lucknow on Thursday. Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal, with whom the Chief Minister was locked in a bitter power struggle, extended their “best wishes”.
Source: PTI
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