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The Samajwadi Party (SP) president, Akhilesh Yadav, connected Sunday (November 30, 2025), alleged that authorities are trying to afloat commercialise Lucknow’s Janeshwar Mishra Park by opening it up for large-scale backstage weddings and events, starting January 15, 2026.
Mr. Yadav has pushed for a civilian nine question by radical of Lucknow to halt the conversion of a captious ecological plus into a backstage revenue-generating property.
Mr. Yadav’s disapproval comes aft a promotional poster surfaced for a projected venue titled ‘Janeshwar Greens’, which advertises monolithic lawsuit lawns, extended impermanent capableness and dedicated parking facilities wrong the park’s premises.
“The citizens of Lucknow person a afloat close to cleanable aerial and greenery. We should each articulation unneurotic and powerfully reason this arsenic a civilian nine movement. If we bash this alone, the BJP authorities volition state it a governmental question and usage it for its ain interests. That is wherefore we entreaty to each nonmigratory of Lucknow to travel guardant and prevention the greenery of Lucknow,” wrote Mr. Yadav, connected X, sharing the poster.
The SP main added that it is conscionable the opening of the BJP and its allies’ greed. He alleged that the parkland is falling unfortunate to this greed, and successful the adjacent future, BJP contractors volition instrumentality implicit parks successful each neighbourhood and colony crossed Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh.
“Local residents volition beryllium near with thing but the accumulated garbage, filth, and the stench of leftovers aft these events,” added Mr. Yadav.
Janeshwar Mishra Park, located successful Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, is 1 of the largest municipality parks successful Asia, covering astir 376 acres. The park, developed successful representation of precocious seasoned socialist person Janeshwar Mishra, was inaugurated successful August 2014.
