Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) (translation: Progressive Socialist Party (Lohia)), earlier known as Samajwadi Secular Morcha, was a political party formed by former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh Shivpal Singh Yadav after leaving the Samajwadi Party on 29 August 2018.^[1] 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 Election Commission.^[2] The camp office is located in Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh. The permanent office is situated in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.^[3][4]

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)
Abbreviation	PSP(L)
Leader	Shivpal Singh Yadav
Founder	Shivpal Singh Yadav
Founded	29 August 2018 (6 years ago) (2018-08-29)
Dissolved	8 December 2022 (2 years ago) (2022-12-08)
Preceded by	Samajwadi Secular Morcha
Merged into	Samajwadi Party
Headquarters	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ideology	Socialism Secularism Progressivism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red   Yellow   Green
ECI Status	Registered
Alliance	SP+ (2021-2022)
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly	0 / 403
Election symbol
Website
pragatisheelsamajwadiparty.org
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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.^[5] Though PSP president Shivpal Singh Yadav has announced to fight the 2022 assembly election on the bicycle, the symbol of Samajwadi Party.^[6]

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.