Lucknow Jan 26 PTI Samajwadi Party SP President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday warned people against opinion polls ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly calling them opium polls Opinion Polls in reality are Opium polls We need to be careful of them Yadav said in his address at the party office here on the occasion of Republic Day BJP leaders want to take the election in a different direction with their statements All kinds of misconceptions are being spread on WhatsApp he said The SP had earlier written to the Election Commission demanding ban on opinion polls on news channels terming them a violation of election code of conduct Yadav said people with negative mindset and those dividing the society want to take the country backwards The country got its freedom through a long struggle and sacrifice of thousands of youths A pledge must be taken to save this freedom democracy and the Constitution he said Yadav alleged that the BJP government insulted the farmers during the farm bill strife and exhorted people to come together against it Farmers sons are protecting the border But farmers are being harassed in the country and subjected to use of force What was done to crush the farmers protest we all know Everyone must consider this assembly election as their own It will be decisive Yadav also claimed that peoples problems will go away after March 10 when SP will have come to the power PTI CDN ABN VN VN

Lucknow Dec 24 PTI Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday promised regular and cheap power supply for agricultural domestic and industrial purposes if voted to power Had the proposed power plants in Etah and other districts been built the people of Uttar Pradesh would not have been compelled to buy electricity at the highest rate in the country his tweet in Hindi targeting the BJP government read He further wrote When the SP government takes over we reiterate our resolve to provide more relief than anticipated and regular cheap electricity to agriculture households industries and businesses During a rally at Iglas in Aligarh on Thursday the SP-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance promised martyr status to the farmers who died during the agitation against the three farm laws and Rs 1 crore to each of their families if it formed the government PTI SAB CJ CJ

Lucknow Nov 24 PTI Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said if his party comes to power in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election its government will give Rs 25 lakh each to farmers who died during the farm laws agitationThe life of a farmer is priceless because he grows foodgrains for others he said in a tweet in HindiWe promise that in 2022 as soon as the Samajwadi Party government comes to power farmers who died during the agitation against farm laws will be given a Kisan Shahadat Samman Rashi of Rs 25 lakh Yadav addedThe Samajwadi Party has extended support to the farmers movement against the three farm laws PTI ABN IJT

Lucknow Sep 26 PTI Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP of changing the caste of ninth-century ruler Mihir Bhoj and tampering with historical facts to secure the votes of a certain communityThis comes days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled a 15-foot statue of the ruler in Gautam Buddh Nagars Dadri stoking a controversy that saw sections of Gurjar and Rajput communities stake claim over the kings legacyIt is taught in history that King Mihir Bhoj was a Gurjar-Pratihar But the BJP people have changed his caste Yadav said in a tweet in HindiThis is condemnable The BJP is deliberately trying to tamper with historical facts and divide society to secure the votes of a particular side he saidThe SP chief added that his party stood for respect and honour for all sections of the societyAfter unveiling the statue on September 22 Adityanath had said No foreign ruler was able to intrude India during the rule of King Mihir Bhoj They were so frightened of him that nobody dared to attack India even 150 years after his rule until Mehmud Ghaznavi invaded and plundered the country A community that forgets its past and traditions is unable to protect its geography also and something like this has happened with us as well he said thenSoon after a controversy erupted between sections of Gurjar and Rajput communities in Dadri over the kings legacyLater a video surfaced purportedly showing a local community leader tampering with the foundation stone plaque of the statue and changing the prefix in the kings nameNoting the rift between the two communities Adityanath advised them against confining great icons within the boundaries of caste saying their sacrifices were for the whole of India to cherishMaa Panna Dai had taken Maharana to a safe place by sacrificing the life of her son Not just the Gurjar community but entire India should feel proud of her great sacrifice he tweeted PTI NAV VN IJT