Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Monday
Recently during the meeting of party’s district and city presidents from all over the state on Aug 31, party bigwigs, including SP chief Akhilesh Yadav , national general secretary Shivpal Yadav and others were seen wearing blue scarfs with party’s logo – bicycle – printed in red on it. The blue scarf was in contrast with the earlier red and green scarf which was replaced by the red chequered gamcha (stole) during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The party leadership decided to assign a visually distinct identity to the members of the party’s student wing, separate from the rest of the frontal organisations, according to sources. The logo of the Chhatra Sabha, however, retains its original elements, size and colour scheme – red and green – the officials colours of SP, sources said. “Youth today prefer shades of blue be it denim jeans or denim shirts, so the party leadership decided to go with a shade that went with blue,” says a senior functionary.
Lucknow: Red and Green have been the official colours of Samajwadi Party since its inception. Now, the blue – a powerful symbol of Dalit resistance – is slowly but surely making its way into the party’s colour scheme. Not surprisingly, Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, the student wing of Samajwadi Party, is all set to don a completely new and modern avatar – one that jells better with Gen Z: blue T-shirt and jeans or shirt and trousers of the same shade. This is not the first time that color blue is making its way into SP’s official colour scheme. When questioned about the blue scarf, party functionaries then had ducked the query. Party strategists say since the Chhatra Sabha comprise students who mostly are from the Gen Z, the party leadership decided to assign a colour which was popular among youths.
Chhatra Sabha’s New Dress Code Announcement Imminent
The Chhatra Sabha, the student wing of the Samajwadi Party (SP), is set to unveil a new dress code. This announcement is expected to be made by party leadership in the coming days. A special function is scheduled to take place at the SP headquarters in Lucknow to formally present the new guidelines.