Lucknow: Samajwadi Party on Saturday announced 'Desh Bachao Desh Banao Samajwadi Padyatra' to begin from Ghazipur on 9 August on the occasion of 'August Kranti Diwas'.
The first leg of the yatra will be passing through Ghazipur, Ballia, Mau, Jaunpur, Bhadohi and will culminate in Varanasi on 27 October.
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According to the State President Naresh Uttam Patel, Ghazipur District President Abhishek Yadav will lead the Yatra.
The Yatra will commence on 9 August at 11 from the SP's district office in Ghazipur. It will reach Ballia on 27 August, Mau on 8 September, Azamgarh on 15 September, Jaunpur on 3 October, Bhadohi on 14 October, Varanasi on 19 October. The first phase of the yatra will conclude on 27 October.
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State President Naresh Uttam Patel said that the yatra will touch through all the Party offices of the districts, assembly constituencies, tehsils and blocks.
During the yatra, Samajwadi Party membership campaign, tricolor flag campaign, street meetings, processions, seminars, tree plantation and public awareness programmes will be organised.