Akhilesh Yadav says socialist movement’s effect will be visible in 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pays tribute to socialist icon Ram Manohar Lohia on his 113th birth anniversary

Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the party was committed to realising Dr Ram Manohar Lohia’s dream of protecting the Constitution.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav offers homage to a portrait of Ram Manohar Lohia. (HT PHOTO)

“The Samajwadi movement’s effect will be visible in the 2024 Lok Sabha election,” Akhilesh Yadav said while paying tribute to the socialist icon on his 113th birth anniversary at Lohia Park here.

The SP chief said this is the place which socialist people frequently visit to seek inspiration from Lohia. He also said Lohia wanted every person to get the benefit of constitutional provisions.

“The capitalist system is widening the gap between haves and have-nots in society. Socialist movement is needed today,” he added.

Akhilesh Yadav also said the BJP-ruled Central and state governments together have presented 17 budgets, but the public was still troubled by inflation and unemployment.

At another function, SP national general secretary Shivpal Yadav on Thursday said that Ramrajya and socialism are synonymous.

“That’s why Dr Lohia used to hold Ramayan melas,” he said, while releasing the book ‘Bhagat Singh-Dr Lohia’ by socialist author Deepak Mishra and the cover page of his forthcoming book ‘Ramrajya, Rashtriyat, Varanasi Samajwad’.