SP ready to start campaign in UP from Sept.

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The Samajwadi Party will launch its election campaign from September after the month of Ramzan ends.
The Samajwadi Party has also dissolved all district units with immediate effect to “enable better deployment of manpower for the polls”.
The Samajwadis will be taking out yatras and holding rallies and meetings in every Assembly constituency. Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav will be the unanimous choice for the chief minister’s post and the party will highlight his image as a “son of the soil”.
The SP campaign will also focus on the secular credentials of the party and will mount a blistering attack on the Congress on this issue.
According to Mohammed Azam Khan, “When has the Congress done anything for the welfare of Muslims except using them as vote banks? The SP leadership gave full protection to the Babri mosque during its regime in Uttar Pradesh and dealt firmly with forces that tried to disrupt communal harmony. Through our campaign we will underline these issues and put the Congress in the dock.”
Apparently, the Samajwadis want to consolidate the Muslim votes in their favour since that would automatically catapult them to the position of the main challenger to the BSP in UP.
The Samajwadi campaign will also attempt to clarify any confusion that the party cadres and voters may have over the relationship with Mr Amar Singh.
“Some vested interests are trying to create confusion by saying that Amar Singh is being wooed back into the SP. Nothing could be further than truth. Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav’s statement of support to Amar Singh was merely based on moral ground and had no political connotations to it at all,” Mr Khan said. The party has already declared candidates on 348 seats and the remaining ones will be finalised within the next one month.
The party manifesto is also being drafted and utmost care is being taken to prevent gaffes that erupted in 2009 — like doing away with computers and returning to bullock carts.
A senior party functionary said that the senior party leaders will also iron out differences, if any, regarding candidate selection and factionalism will also be dealt with so that the campaign runs smoothly.
Meanwhile, party sources said that the main reason for dissolution of district units is to curb factionalism and dissent that had started rearing its head after ticket distribution. Moreover, about a dozen district presidents have been named as party candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections and new presidents had to be appointed.