Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) (

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: ''Progressive Socialist Party (Lohia)''), earlier known as Samajwadi Secular Morcha, was a political party formed by former cabinet minister of

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Shivpal Singh Yadav after leaving the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

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

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

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

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