Togadia launches party, to fight LS poll

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, October 23

Giving the slogan of ‘Abki bar Hindu sarkar’ (this time a Hindu government), International Hindu Parishad president Praveen Togadia on Tuesday launched his own political party and decided to contest the next LS elections.

Addressing a ‘Sankalp Sabha’ from the banks of river Saryu in Ayodhya, Togadia charged the BJP with unfulfilled promises. He said Lord Ram was still to get justice as those who had promised a grand Ram Mandir for him have built a Rs 500-crore office for their party in Delhi while Lord Ram continued to live in a makeshift tented abode.

Togadia said if his party won, temples would be constructed in Ayodhya as well as Kashi and Mathura within three months. The name of his party would be announced in a month.

Shivpal Yadav registers party with election panel

Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday announced the registration of his new party, Pragatisheel Samajwadi party Lohia, with the Election Commission. “I ask you all not to indulge in sycophancy,” he told a large number of cheering supporters at a function.