India News | SP to Organise Week-long Tree Plantation Drive to Mark Akhilesh Yadav's Birthday
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Samajwadi Party will organise a statewide "PDA tree" plantation programme from July 1 to July 7 to mark the birthday of its president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday, the party said in a statement.
Lucknow, Jun 29 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party will organise a statewide "PDA tree" plantation programme from July 1 to July 7 to mark the birthday of its president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday, the party said in a statement.
Yadav celebrates his birthday on July 1.
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The programme will be organised in every village of the state.
Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said in a statement that all the leaders and workers of the party will together plant "PDA trees" in every village.
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"Banyan, Peepal and Neem saplings will be planted as PDA trees, which will give the 'praanvaayu' of social equality-equity everyday as a symbol of social justice along with the conservation of the environment," Chaudhary said.
He said efforts will be made to make the "PDA tree" plantation drive a nationwide movement in the coming time.
Before the Lok Sabha elections, Akhilesh Yadav had coined the slogan of PDA -- Pichhadha, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (backward, Dalit and minority) -- to woo the voters of the these communities.
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