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Moneycontrol•29-09-2026, 07:41
Akhilesh Vows Old Pension Scheme, Recruitment Calendar if SP Wins Uttar Pradesh
  • •Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pledged to implement the Old Pension Scheme and release a recruitment calendar if the SP forms the next government in Uttar Pradesh.
  • •Yadav made these remarks after a meeting with party MLAs and candidates in Lucknow to discuss preparations for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections.
  • •The SP leader appealed for support for the party's candidates in the upcoming elections for 11 Legislative Council seats, including Lal Bihari Yadav and Ashutosh Sinha.
  • •Yadav criticized the BJP government's handling of education, promising to improve government schools, abolish the semester system, and address issues faced by madrasa and Sanskrit teachers.
  • •The elections for five graduates' and six teachers' constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council are scheduled for October 23, with results on October 27.

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Akhilesh Yadav promised to implement the Old Pension Scheme for employees, release a recruitment calendar for competitive examinations, abolish the school semester system, and address the grievances of instructors and Anganwadi workers.

Elections to five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council will be held on October 23, with the counting of votes scheduled for October 27.

The SP candidates for the Teachers’ constituencies include Lal Bihari Yadav for Mirzapur-Varanasi, Sushil Kumar for Lucknow, Prakash Chandra Gupta for Agra, Kamlesh Yadav for Gorakhpur-Faizabad, Danish Akhtar for Moradabad-Bareilly, and Nitin Tomar for Meerut.