The poster war against Samajwadi Party and National President Akhilesh Yadav has intensified in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Accusing the Samajwadi Party, which does PDA politics, of neglecting backward and Dalit leaders, people from Maurya, Shakya, Saini and Kushwaha communities have put up posters of 'Boycott Akhilesh Yadav' and 'Boycott Samajwadi Party' in major intersections and VVIP areas of the capital. In these hoardings, along with pictures of former minister Swami Prasad Maurya and Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad, Akhilesh Yadav has been asked that why does the party that talks about PDA hate these leaders?
The alleged insult to Swami Prasad Maurya in the posters and social media comments of Samajwadi Party supporters have also been made an issue. The protesters have shouted to give a political answer to the Samajwadi Party in the 2027 assembly elections.
In the posters put up at 1090 intersection and VVIP areas of Lucknow, a red cross has been placed on the picture of Akhilesh Yadav. It is written on a prominent hoarding, 'Why hate PDA talking party-PDA leaders Shri Swami Prasad Maurya and Shri Chandrashekhar Azad? So much arrogance, so much pride will be shattered to pieces.
The message of boycotting Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party has been given in the poster. Below this, ST, SC, OBC and minority communities have been mentioned as applicants. Those who put up the posters allege that Samajwadi Party gathers the support of backward people and Dalits in the name of PDA, but lags behind in giving respect to non-Yadav backward leaders and emerging faces of Dalit society.
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Social media comments also became an issue of protest
In another elaborate banner put up against Akhilesh Yadav, screenshots of social media posts of Samajwadi Party officials and supporters have been pasted. In these, alleged controversial and indecent comments against Swami Prasad Maurya have been shown. The banner also mentions the post of Lohia Vahini national vice president Guddu Yadav Hiranha along with the comments of Vikas Yadav and other Samajwadi Party supporters.
The poster alleges that Akhilesh Yadav has let down Swami Prasad Maurya, while his supporters are insulting the Maurya community on social media. Below this banner, the names of Maurya, Shakya, Saini and Kushwaha communities have been written as applicants.
'Society will not tolerate the insult of Swami Prasad Maurya'
In other posters put up at various places in the capital, along with pictures of Swami Prasad Maurya and Akhilesh Yadav, it is written that Maurya, Shakya, Saini and Kushwaha communities will not tolerate the insult of Swami Prasad Maurya. Through the poster, questions have been raised on the respect of backward class leaders and the attitude of the Samajwadi Party leadership. The protesters say that Swami Prasad Maurya raised the voice of the backward and deprived classes, but he is being ignored by the Samajwadi Party leadership and supporters. This resentment has been made public through posters.
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Warning of response to 'real PDA' in 2027
Through the poster campaign, direct questions have been raised on the PDA formula of Samajwadi Party. The protesters have given the message that the answer to the mess with the honor of backward class leaders will be given in the upcoming assembly elections. These posters put up against Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party in Lucknow have started a new debate in the politics of UP.
On one hand, Samajwadi Party considers PDA as an important basis of its political equation, while on the other hand, questions are being raised on the politics of this PDA in the posters put up in the names of Maurya, Shakya, Saini and Kushwaha Samaj. Before the 2027 elections, this poster campaign is being considered politically important from the point of view of the backward-Dalit vote bank equation of Samajwadi Party.