Samajwadi Party’s first theme song for 2022 polls criticizes state govt’s Covid handling

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched the party’s first theme song ‘sukh-dukh mein sath nibhayenge’ as a part of their campaign for 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. The song means that the party have been with the public through joy and sorrow and will continue to do so.

Yadav shared the video song with the tagline in Hindi Sukh dukh main saath nibhaaya hai, sukh dukh main saath nibhaayenge.

In the video song, the Samajwadi Party claimed that the party will stand with the people in good and bad times.

A major part of the video publicizes various schemes launched by Akhilesh Yadav in UP while at least 30 seconds of the video highlights the difficulties faced by the people during lockdown and mismanagement by the state government during the Covid second wave.

The video also highlights the devastating effect of the Covid second wave in the state between April and May – visuals of queues outside oxygen refilling centers, and TV headlines about the floating bodies of suspected Covid patients in the Ganga or buried in shallow graves by the river.

Besides targeting the Yogi government, the song also highlights the SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav as people’s hero. The new song by Samajwadi Party also shows footage of cycle rallies by party members from various parts of the state.

It will now be interesting to see if BJP gives a reply to Samajwadi Party through a theme song or not.

On the lines of Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party has been intensifying its campaign for 2022 state assembly elections with the slogan Khela Hoi a Bhojpuri version of Khela Hobe. The Samajwadi Party leaders in Varanasi and Kanpur launched, painted the slogans on the walls of his house and hoardings in Kanpur were put up by a local leader.

This time, the Samajwadi Party is very confident to defeat the incumbent BJP in the upcoming assembly polls.

Talking with the NDTV, Akhilesh Yadav has ruled out any coalition for the Uttar Pradesh election next year saying that his experience with big parties is not good. In his interview, he had also said that the Samajwadi Party would join forces with like-minded smaller parties.

The former Chief Minister also predicted the BJP’s defeat and accused Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of blocking development, and encouraging corruption and oppression during his rule. People now want change, he said.

Days later, Yadav’s arch-rival and BSP Chief Mayawati announced her party will go solo in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring Uttarakhand state polls, to be held early next year.

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Denying reports that her party will join hands with Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in Uttar Pradesh, days later, Yadav’s arch-rival BSP Chief Mayawati announced her party will go solo in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring Uttarakhand state polls.