LUCKNOW: Akhilesh Yadav launched Samajwadi Party’s 2027 assembly poll campaign from Noida on Sunday, pitching financial assistance for women, farmers, youth and backward communities.
The SP chief addressed a gathering at the party’s ‘Samajwadi Samanta Bhaichara’ rally at Mihir Bhoj College ground in Dadri, promised a financial support of Rs 40,000 for women if voted to power. He then coupled it with assurances on land compensation, jobs and social justice.
Weaving his campaign around the party’s PDA narrative — ‘Pichda, Dalit, Alpasankhyak’ — saying only a “PDA government” would restore dignity to communities that had long been ignored. “Our Constitution is the real protector of PDA, and it must be defended,” he said.
Referring to BJP’s “400 paar” slogan in the last Lok Sabha election, Yadav alleged that the party wanted a bigger mandate to alter the Constitution, but “people taught them a lesson”.
Describing the ruling party as “dararvaadi” (divisive) and “nakaratmak giroh” (gang of negatives), the SP chief called for the ouster from power for the “betterment of 95% of the populace, who continue to be oppressed at the hands of 5% of the ruling class”.
Referring to the Noida International Airport inaugurated by PM Modi a day early, Akhilesh said the inauguration of the “incomplete” airport had been advanced because BJP was worried about the turnout at the SP rally. “They still failed, despite arranging a sponsored crowd,” he added.
For farmers, Yadav promised compensation at market rates for any land acquisition by an SP if voted to power. He accused the BJP of having failed to pay the 64% additional compensation due to farmers and had not offered market-linked rates either.
For students and job-seekers, he promised skill-based courses in colleges to make them employment-ready. Yadav also accused the present dispensation of freezing recruitment to avoid giving reservation benefits guaranteed under the Constitution, and linked repeated paper leaks to deliberate attempts to derail hiring.
He criticised the Agniveer military recruitment scheme as well, saying his party would scrap the Agniveer scheme so that young people get proper opportunities in the Army.
On caste discrimination, Yadav said only those who have faced humiliation understand its pain. Referring to instances of “temple purification” after Dalits enter them, he said such practices reflected deep social prejudice. “We are not here to erase anyone, but they must understand that times have changed,” he said, adding that public anger could translate into political change.