Lucknow: After the massive defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has coined a new slogan for party.


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The SP's  new slogan is - "Aapki 'cycle' sadaa chalegi aapke naam se, fir pradesh ka dil jeetenge hum milkar apne kaam se" (Your cycle will always run in your name, we will win the heart of the state by our work.)


Meanwhile, on Merch 25, Akhilesh Yadav, who took over as the party's national president on January 1 after a bitter split, had convened the meeting of the executive, which both SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and senior leader Azam Khan gave a miss.


Mulayam is a member in his capacity as former national president and patron of the party and Khan is a member in his capacity as national general secretary.


Following a bitter feud between the father and the son, Akhilesh had snatched reins of the party from Mulayam and their fight also reached the Election Commission.


Mulayam, who has since been given the role of party mentor, had openly criticised the Samajwadi-Congress alliance and was virtually absent from the campaign too.


Later, Akhilesh had said that they would start a membership drive from April 15 and the election of the national president would ill be completed before September 30.


BJP got 312 seats in the 403-member Assembly in the elections.


Its allies Apna Dal(S) and SBSP bagged nine seats and four seats, respectively, taking the total tally of the combine to 325.


On the other hand, the SP won 47 seats while its ally the Congress got 7 seats.


The BSP won just 19 seats, finishing a dismal third.


(With PTI inputs)