Several posters projected Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav as the future Prime Minister of India. The hoardings were put up in Lucknow outside the SP office on the occasion of Akhilesh Yadav’s birthday on Saturday, July 1.
The officials said that the hoardings were put up by SP spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand, according to a report published by the news agency ANI.
Speaking to PTI, UP unit president of the SP Naresh Uttam Patel said that the posters were put up by party workers. “I pray to the Almighty to fulfil the wish of party workers and people.”
SP chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said that “Akhilesh Yadav is the leader of our country and the way BJP stopped him in 2022 from becoming the CM, people know this and our party workers want him to lead the nation.”
Reacting to the posters, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said, “First I want to wish him (Akhilesh Yadav) a very happy birthday. But, as far as politics is concerned, I don’t see the Samajwadi Party even winning a single (Lok Sabha) seat (in the upcoming election).”
“It is just a dream for them. They will not be able to win a single seat in Lok Sabha elections, let them dream about this,” he added.
Samajwadi Party workers in Varanasi celebrated its chief Akhilesh Yadav’s 50th birthday on Saturday by cutting a tomato-shaped cake and distributing tomatoes among people to underline its rising price.
Samajwadi Party workers and leaders celebrated Yadav’s 50th birthday as “Lok Kalyan Diwas” and took a pledge to save democracy and the Constitution.
Born to Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and Malti Devi, Akhilesh Yadav is currently the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and has been a Lok Sabha MP four times.
He was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017, and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (once) from 2012 to 2018.
(With inputs from agencies)
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Updated: 02 Jul 2023, 02:27 PM IST