Gorakhpur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will visit Gorakhpur on Nov 18 to kickstart the party’s preparations for the 2027 assembly elections. He will address a public meeting at Devkahi village in Chauri Chaura and unveil a statue of freedom fighter Shaheed Babu Bandhu Singh, Samajwadi Party district president Brijesh Gautam said.Akhilesh will attend a programme organised to mark the 10th death anniversary of Vinay Kumar Singh Binnu, a former general secretary of the Gorakhpur University students’ union and a BJP leader. The event is being organised by Ajay Kumar Singh Tappu, Binnu Singh’s younger brother.Akhilesh will pay tribute to the late leader before unveiling the statue and addressing the gathering.The visit assumes political significance as BJP national president Nitin Nabin had sounded the poll bugle during his recent two-day visit to Gorakhpur. Akhilesh’s proposed public meeting in chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s home turf is being seen as an attempt to energise party workers and strengthen the SP’s presence in eastern Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 elections.Through the Chauri Chaura programme, the SP leadership is expected to send a message to its cadre to intensify preparations and expand the party’s political activities across the region.
