Lucknow, August 08: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday decided not to field its candidates in the forthcoming panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.
“During the meeting of the state parliamentary board, which was chaired by state president Akhilesh Yadav, it was decided that the party will neither announce its official candidates nor will it field SP nominees in the panchayat elections,” party Spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said.
The board alleged that the panchayats were being kept away from the right to development by the state government and bureaucracy was being given preference over elected representatives, he said.
The board also criticised construction of an auditorium named after Dr Ambedkar on six acres of land alloted to Lohia Law University terming saying it was against rules.
—Agencies