On August 5, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav declared that the ‘P’ in ‘PDA’ stands for ‘Pandits’. Akhilesh coined the term ‘PDA’ during the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Back then, he said that ‘P’ stood for ‘Picchda’, meaning backwards. However, as political parties scramble to prepare for the Assembly polls slated to be held in February or March next year, the ‘P’ in ‘PDA’ has changed from ‘Picchda’ to ‘Pandits’.






