LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party and the Congress will launch special campaigns from August 9 to mark 75 years of India's Independence.

National president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav will launch 'Tricolour on every home' campaign from August 9 to August 15 from a village in Kannauj.

"He will distribute Khadi Tricolour to the families in the village in Tirwa tehsil under the party's campaign 'National flag to hoist on every house" the party said in a press release.

With the distribution of the Khadi Tricolour to people of the village, Akilesh Yadav will make an appeal to all the citizens in the state to hoist the flag on their homes on August 15. He  will also meet the families of freedom fighters in the area and will felicitate them. He will also impress upon the people that it was during the SP regime that villages got concrete roads and schools, water filters and several other facilities that have been ruined under the BJP government.

The Congress, on the other hand, would begin organising "Azadi Ki Gaurav Yatras" on August 9 in each Lok Sabha seat, covering a distance of 75 kilometres.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) spokesman Ashok Singh said, "The Congress will hold Gaurav Yatras in all the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state from August 9. They will cover a distance of 75 kilometres in each Lok Sabha constituency and will pass through all the 403 Assembly constituencies," 

The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee has sent its observers and senior office-bearers to each district to make preparations for the Gaurav Yatras.

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