Lucknow, June 12 -- : In the run-up to the 2026 panchayat polls and the 2027 state assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party has dissolved all its district level committees in Uttar Pradesh, barring the one in Kushinagar. The step, taken on the orders of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, comes amid months-long speculation that the party may restructure its district committees with a focus on PDA (Pichda Dalit Alpsankhyak) formula.

The Samajwadi Party's Kushinagar unit is headed by Ram Avadh Yadav, a former MLC, who was appointed three months back after the post fell vacant due to the death of Mohammad Shukrullah Ansari.

The SP's official handle on X wrote, "On the instructions of the national president of the Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav, th...