Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Yogi predicts permanent Samajwadi Party wipeout in next assembly polls
Yogi Adityanath said people will defeat the Samajwadi Party in the next Uttar Pradesh assembly election.
He said this defeat would be permanent.
He accused the party of not caring enough about poor people.
He also said SP leaders had benefited their own families and allowed wrongdoing in the state.
Adityanath made these comments at an event in Lucknow.
At the event, he announced better support for mid-day meal cooks.
The support includes more pay, accident assistance and cashless medical care.
Akhilesh Yadav had separately said the SP was staying united because several family members and other supporters were MPs.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath predicted voters will permanently defeat the Samajwadi Party in the next assembly election.
He accused the SP of excluding poor people from its agenda and exploiting them for family benefit.
Adityanath announced higher honorariums and expanded social-security benefits for government-school mid-day meal cooks.
The measures include accident assistance of Rs 2 lakh and cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had said the party remained consolidated because family members, Muslims and committed socialists were represented among its parliamentarians.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
- What
- Adityanath predicted the SP would be permanently defeated in the next assembly election and announced benefits for mid-day meal cooks.
- When
- Adityanath made the remarks on Sunday; Yadav’s cited statement was made on Saturday.
- Where
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Adityanath said the SP had no place for poor people in its agenda and criticized its leadership and political organization.
Yogi Adityanath’s position
Samajwadi Party’s reported position
Electoral prospects
Yogi Adityanath’s position
Adityanath said voters would permanently wipe out the Samajwadi Party in the next assembly election.
Samajwadi Party’s reported position
Akhilesh Yadav said the SP remained consolidated because five members of his family were MPs, along with Muslims and committed socialists.
Record on poor people
Yogi Adityanath’s position
Adityanath alleged that the SP had no place for poor people in its agenda and exploited them for family benefit.
Samajwadi Party’s reported position
The article reports Yadav’s comments about party consolidation but does not provide a direct response to Adityanath’s allegations about the poor.
Governance criticism
Yogi Adityanath’s position
Adityanath accused SP leaders of looting Uttar Pradesh and turning it into a haven for goons.
Samajwadi Party’s reported position
The article does not report a direct SP response to these accusations.
- Speaker
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
- Target of prediction
- Samajwadi Party
- Election referenced
- Next Uttar Pradesh assembly election
- Accident assistance
- Rs 2 lakh for eligible mid-day meal cooks
- Cashless healthcare
- Treatment up to Rs 5 lakh
- Saree assistance
- Increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000
- Event location
- Lucknow