Samajwadi Party objects to hospital urinal in its flag colour, Railways gives a fresh coat of white

Lucknow | Friday | 30th October, 2020

Summary:

Lucknow: A row erupted after Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and workers protested against the choice of red and green colours that had been used to paint the urinal of the Lalit Narayan Railway Hospital in the Gorakhpur district.

Red and green are the colours that are also used in the Samajwadi Party’s flag.

A delegation of party leaders met Railway officials on Thursday and asked them to get the colour scheme changed.

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Lucknow: A row erupted after Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and workers protested against the choice of red and green colours that had been used to paint the urinal of the Lalit Narayan Railway Hospital in the Gorakhpur district.

Red and green are the colours that are also used in the Samajwadi Party’s flag.

A delegation of party leaders met Railway officials on Thursday and asked them to get the colour scheme changed.

In a tweet, the Samajwadi party wrote, “The painting of a toilet with Samajwadi Party colours shows the polluted mindset of those in power.

This has been done with political malice in mind.

The disrespect of the colours of a major political party’s flag is worth condemning.

Action should be taken and the colours should be changed.” Responding to the tweet, Northeastern Railways tweeted, “Under the Swachh Bharat mission the tiles put at Railway hospital are years old.