Yogi calls Akhilesh to wish him on birthday

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s 47th birthday celebrations on Wednesday remained a low-key affair following strict instructions from the former chief minister to all partymen not to indulge in any festivity at a time when the country was battling with Coronavirus. The highlight of the day, however, was a call from CM Yogi Adityanath to wish him on his birthday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with a host of parliamentarians and senior leaders from across the country also called the SP chief to wish him. Special birthday wishes came from Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav. The former SP MP took to twitter to wish the SP national president and appeal to the partymen on his behalf not to indulge in any celebrations but instead reach out to the needy and help them.

At the party office, senior leaders including party national secretary and former minister Rajendra Chaudhary, party veteran SRS Yadav and SP state president Naresh Uttam Patel presented a bouquet of flowers to Akhilesh who later planted a Parijat tree in the party lawn.

In Varanasi, SP workers organised a puja to wish their party president good health, while in Barabanki senior party leader and former minister Arvind Singh Gope, in Sitapur MLC Anand Bhadauria and in Unnao MLCs Sunil Singh Yadav and Udaiveer Singh organised puja and plantation drives. The leaders distributed ration among the poor and held blood donation camps.

Party’s Uttarakhand unit held a programme at the party office near Parade Ground in Dehradun where former state president SN Sachchan presented the ‘Awahaan’ booklet that the SP president has released recently calling upon cadres to reach out to the masses to apprise them of the prevailing challenges before the nation.