Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav turned 48 on Thursday.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called up Mr Yadav to wish him on his birthday.The UP CM also enquired about the health of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was admitted to a hospital in Gurugram yesterday.
He also put out a tweet for Akhilesh Yadav on his birthday, saying, “I pray to Lord Ram for your best health and long life.”On June 5, Akhilesh too had wished Mr Adityanath on his birthday.
Meanwhile, the SP workers are celebrating the occasion across the state by cutting a cake and performing puja for the well-being of their party president.
Some have even organised bhanadara (charity feast) and distributing food to the poor. Some SP workers distributed masks and sanitisers to mark the occasion.
The entire Lucknow city has been decked with big hoardings and banners by the SP leaders wishing their chief on his birthday.SP leaders also gave big advertisements in the newspapers to wish their leader.
On the eve of the birthday on Wednesday, SP leaders in Lucknow went for a plantation drive at the Janeshwar Mishra park and distributed fruits and other things to the patients at different hospitals. A 'havan' was also organised in Hazratganj area for long life of the leader while a blood donation camp was also held in the state capital.
The Samajwadi Party workers in Varanasi organised a blood donation camp in Shivpur area. The camp was inaugurated by Anand Mohan ‘Guddu’ and the party workers donated around 100 units of the blood. “We want to help those needing blood in such difficult times of the corona pandemic. This is the best way to celebrate the birthday of our party chief,” said Anand Mohan.
Meanwhile, on his birthday, which also happens to be the National Doctors’ Day, Yadav tweeted and targeted the BJP once again. “Heartiest congratulations and best wishes on National Doctors Day! In the Corona period, when the BJP government has failed miserably, doctors have come forward and taken the lead, it is the responsibility of the government to give them all-round security. Doctor is another name for the hope of life,” he tweeted.
Akhilesh Yadav is the former chief minister of the state and son of SP founder and patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. Born on July 1, 1973 in Saifai village of Etawah district, Akhilesh completed his schooling from Military School Dholpur and then went on to complete his master’s degree environmental engineering from University of Sydney, Australia.
He started his political career in 2000 by winning the Lok Sabha bypoll from Kannauj. In 2004 and 2009 also, Akhilesh won Lok Sabha Polls. In 2012 Akhilesh was the star campaigner of Samajwadi Party when he took out a Rath Yatra across state, this was the time when Samajwadi Party won a whopping 225 seats in the UP Assembly and formed a full majority government. Post this, Akhilesh became the Chief Minister of the state while he was just 38 years old.(UNI)
