Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (file pic)
Lucknow:
The Samajwadi Party will meet today to discuss its plans for general elections 2014, including how to counter the Narendra Modi offensive launched by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh starting Saturday last.
Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and UP chief minister and Akhilesh plan to address 18 joint rallies in the state, covering all parts of it, and party workers will be briefed about the plan for these today.
On Saturday, lakhs attended a rally addressed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Kanpur, where he asked the people of the state to throw out the Akhilesh Yadav government, offering lacerating criticism for it on law and order, unemployment and not least for "saving the UPA through the back door."
The BJP plans nine such mega Modi shows in the state, which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha and always plays a crucial role in government formation at the Centre.
Today's SP meeting will be headed by the 40-year-old Akhilesh Yadav. The party is aiming at consolidating the backward, Muslim and most backward vote banks and is scheduled to launch a state-wide rath yatra to woo the 18 most backward castes in the state.
Mulayam Singh's party has 22 MPs in the Lok Sabha and offers external support to the Congress-led Manmohan Singh government at the Centre.
Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and UP chief minister and Akhilesh plan to address 18 joint rallies in the state, covering all parts of it, and party workers will be briefed about the plan for these today.
On Saturday, lakhs attended a rally addressed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Kanpur, where he asked the people of the state to throw out the Akhilesh Yadav government, offering lacerating criticism for it on law and order, unemployment and not least for "saving the UPA through the back door."
The BJP plans nine such mega Modi shows in the state, which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha and always plays a crucial role in government formation at the Centre.
Today's SP meeting will be headed by the 40-year-old Akhilesh Yadav. The party is aiming at consolidating the backward, Muslim and most backward vote banks and is scheduled to launch a state-wide rath yatra to woo the 18 most backward castes in the state.
Mulayam Singh's party has 22 MPs in the Lok Sabha and offers external support to the Congress-led Manmohan Singh government at the Centre.
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