National convention in Agra: Samajwadi Party to look for national status

Samajwadi Party is looking to elevate its status to that of a national party, expecting a more active role in the assembly elections to be held in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Published on: Oct 4, 2017, 15:50:47 IST

Hindustan Times, Agra | By Hemendra Chaturvedi, AGRA

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The Samajwadi Party is looking to elevate its status to that of a national party, expecting a more active role in the assembly elections to be held in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Leaders are expected to discuss these issues during the party’s 10th national convention in Agra on Thursday.

The city of Taj is playing host to the national convention again as it is considered a lucky venue by party leaders. (HT Photo)

Uncertainty over Mulayam’s visit

There’s uncertainty over the presence of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav at the party’s national convention at Agra.

“It will be a matter of immense pleasure if Mulayam Singh Yadav attends the convention in Agra. It is he who will decide on it,” clarified Ramji Lal Suman, chairman of welcome committee, while informing that due invitation had been extended to the senior Yadav by party president Akhilesh Yadav for the Agra convention.

The city of Taj is playing host to the national convention again as it is considered a lucky venue by party leaders. Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to be named as the party’s national president during the meet.

Ramjilal Suman, former national general secretary of SP and chairman of welcome committee for Agra convention, said the agenda of the meet is national status for the Samajwadi Party, which is currently registered as a party of UP.

“We will discuss the possibilities of SP being a major player in MP and Rajasthan elections so that it rises to the status of a national party,” said Suman on Tuesday.

“The party has proved itself in UP and now we are looking at a larger picture with Samajwadi Party emerging as a national party,” added Suman who has also been a three-time MP from Firozabad constituency in the past.

“The BJP regime in UP has failed to deliver. Masses are fed up with them in six months. People of UP have already started recalling the positive aspects of SP regime’s governance,” stated Suman.

He revealed that political and economic proposals would be taken up during the SP’s executive meet here on Wednesday evening in the presence of Akhilesh Yadav.

Yadav will address the media in Agra on Wednesday evening and address the national convention after inaugurating it at CTO ground on Thursday.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hemendra Chaturvedi
Hemendra Chaturvedi is a senior journalist based at Agra. He covers eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division namely Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj and Hathras. He had been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT and has worked for Hindustan Times only all through his career of about 35 years. Having Masters in Chemistry, Hemendra is also a law graduate with diploma in Personnel Management and has utilised broad based academic qualifications in his indepth, accurate and high impact stories from this part of western Uttar Pradesh while being based in the city of Taj Mahal. In such long span of career with Hindustan Times, Hemendra Chaturvedi has led his team of reporters which was instrumental in bringing out supplements including Region Scan, Agra Live, HT City time to time and proven his leadership qualities and has made presence of HT felt in the region covered by him. In the process of time, Hemendra has attained expertise in a variety of beats, being sole reporter for HT and has covered Aligarh Muslim University, Taj Mahal centric tourism, religiously sensitive city of Mathura and had been witness to Agra Summit having attendance of top leaders of India and Pakistan.Read More