Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) ( translation: ''Progressive Socialist Party (Lohia)''), earlier known as

Samajwadi Secular Morcha Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) (translation: ''Progressive Socialist Party (Lohia)''), earlier known as Samajwadi Secular Morcha, was a political party formed by former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh Shivpal Singh Yadav after leaving t ...

, was a political party formed by former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh Shivpal Singh Yadav after leaving the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

on 29 August 2018. Stating that he has decided to form the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) to retain socialist values. In the Present scenario the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party is a registered political party by the

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. The camp office is located in Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh. The permanent office is situated in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

Election symbol

The party had been officially assigned the "Key" for its symbol for contesting elections of 2019 which was changed into "Stool" just before elections of 2022. Though PSP president Shivpal Singh Yadav has announced to fight the 2022 assembly election on the

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, the symbol of

Notable Leaders

Shivpal Singh Yadav – MLA, Former Cabinet Minister for P.W.D and Jal Shakti Department, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh Raghuraj Singh Shakya -Ex MP, Ex MLA Saiyyada Shadab Fatima – Former Cabinet Minister Aditya Yadav - Chairman UPPCF and General Secretary, PSP(L)

Party flag

The red colour symbolizes socialism, the yellow colour is the symbol of expectation and the green colour is the symbol of coordination and prosperity. In this way, the flag symbolizes expectation achieving physical prosperity by binding the society with socialism.

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Uttar Pradesh Political parties established in 2018 Samajwadi Party 2018 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Socialist parties in India Democratic socialist parties in Asia Janata Parivar