Akhilesh tweets alliance ‘logo’ made by supporter

The picture is accompanied by a slogan: “Mahagathbandhan se Mahaparivartan”.

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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)

SAMAJWADI PARTY chief Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday tweeted a picture with a slogan showing symbols of SP-BSP alliance designed by a party supporter. With the title, ‘Saathi’ in Hindi, ‘Sa’ from initials of cycle and ‘Thee’ for last word of haathi (elephant), the picture shows the trunk of an elephant and the half of the wheel of a bicycle.

The picture is accompanied by a slogan: “Mahagathbandhan se Mahaparivartan”.

In two tweets with the picture and the slogan, Akhilesh wrote, “Itihas Chakra. Impressed by the creativity and the creator of this thought.”

Impressed by the creativity and the creator of this thought. pic.twitter.com/f9vYi7nE8n

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 19, 2019

When contacted, the artist who conceptualised and drew the logo, Satyesh Yadav, said, he believes in the SP’s ideology and has been working for the party for two years now. “I regularly draw and share my content with Akhilesh bhaiyya. He is an inspiration to me and I believe in his policies and the Samajwadi ideology,” said 28-year-old Satyesh, who is a lawyer at Lucknow and belongs to Faizabad. Click for more election news

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He said he expects no monetary remuneration for the designs he makes for the SP. “I don’t do it for the money. I do it because I believe in the party’s ideology and Akhilesh ji’s work,” Satyesh, who said his father is a faculty member at Lucknow University, told The Indian Express.

Asked if he feels it was a good idea for the SP to ally with the BSP, he said, “The alliance is perfect. It as the only way to move forward against the BJP. The two parties believe in helping people and it is natural for them to ally for the upcoming polls,” he said.

Asad Rehman

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years for The Indian Express. During his time in Uttar Pradesh, he covered politics, crime, health, and human rights among other issues. He did extensive ground reports and covered the protests against the new citizenship law during which many were killed in the state. During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has also covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, he worked on The Indian Express national desk for three years where he was a copy editor. Rehman studied at La Martiniere, Lucknow and then went on to do a bachelor's degree in History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He also has a Masters degree from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More