Surendra Singhal (Senior Journalist)

Lucknow, the society which is being represented by Samajwadi Party's National President, MP and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today, no political party in Uttar Pradesh or the country has such leadership. In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the aware people of Uttar Pradesh trusted Akhilesh Yadav's politics of alternatives and strategy and deprived the BJP of getting majority on its own. This view was expressed today by Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh's Chief Spokesperson, MLC, former Minister and Uttarakhand in-charge Rajendra Chaudhary in a special conversation with senior journalist Surendra Singhal. Rajendra Chaudhary today had a long conversation with senior journalist Surendra Singhal on the current politics of Uttar Pradesh. 75-year-old Rajendra Chaudhary, who was a leader of the socialist movement, whose political life was started by Bharat Ratna Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1974 by giving him Lok Dal ticket for the assembly from Ghaziabad. Chaudhary Charan Singh had given ticket to Satpal Malik from Baghpat. Malik had won and Rajendra Chaudhary had lost. In 1977, Rajendra Chaudhary became MLA for the first time from Ghaziabad. His entire political career progressed under the shadow of Chaudhary Charan Singh and after the split of Lok Dal in 1987, Rajendra Chaudhary got a chance to work with Mulayam Singh Yadav for a long time. He was a cabinet minister of many departments in Akhilesh Yadav's government when he was the Chief Minister. Rajendra Chaudhary has had the good fortune of working with Chaudhary Devi Lal, Karpoori Thakur, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, Sharad Yadav, KC Tyagi. Rajendra Chaudhary said that in the current politics of Uttar Pradesh, the principles and policies of the Samajwadi Party are reinforcing the concept of a strong alternative in Indian politics. He said that in Uttar Pradesh, SP won the maximum number of 37 Lok Sabha seats and its alliance partner Congress got six seats. Whereas the RLD led by Jayant Chaudhary broke away from the All India Alliance on the eve of elections and joined the BJP. Rajendra Chaudhary regrets that Akhilesh Yadav played a big role in establishing RLD and Jayant Chaudhary in western Uttar Pradesh. He sent Jayant Chaudhary to Rajya Sabha instead of Dimple Yadav. A talented, young leader like Chandan Chauhan was made to contest and win on the symbol of RLD instead of his own party. Today Chandan Chauhan is a RLD MP from Bijnor. Rajendra Chaudhary said that the aware people of Uttar Pradesh understood Akhilesh Yadav's election strategy and gave their full support. Akhilesh Yadav alone selected winning candidates. Made an effective election strategy and presented a strong alternative to BJP's saffron strategy. He chose the path of social justice and secularism. Rajendra Chaudhary says that if power had not been misused on a large scale in the 2022 elections, then the SP government would have been formed at that time. People expressed their anger in this Lok Sabha election. In the Samajwadi Party camp, people from the backward class, Dalit community, minority class as well as the upper society deprived of rights and opportunities supported Akhilesh Yadav wholeheartedly. Despite having Rajput leadership in the form of Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, Rajputs turned to SP and India Alliance. Voters of Uttar Pradesh did not accept BJP's and Narendra Modi's politics of religion. This is a healthy and good sign for destiny politics. He said that Samajwadi Party is the third largest party in Lok Sabha after BJP-Congress. The future of both SP and Akhilesh Yadav is bright and spotless. In future, the state and the country will follow this political path.