Denying the allegations, Singh said on 14 September that he was a “Mulayamwadi” and that he had nothing to with the problems within the Yadav family.
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Amid speculation that he will resign from the UP cabinet, senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, who was stripped of key portfolios by his nephew and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Wednesday said giving and taking portfolios is the discretion of the CM and he will abide by the decision of Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“If some differences arise on a minor point, those can be resolved”. He could have been told that elections are coming and you continue as CM and the work of state president will be taken care of by him (Shivpal). Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, Mayawati said the people of UP would not be fooled repeatedly, calling the BJP “a leaderless party” that had no chief ministerial face to project.
In an attempt to resolve the feud, Ramgopal Yadav, who is the party’s national general secretary and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s cousin, met the chief minister on Thursday.
The fresh round of hostilities between his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on the one side, and brother and number two in government Shivpal Yadav on the other have spilled into public space.
“Neither I nor Netaji (Mulayam) is angry”. We all are happy.
Also, the two have had sharp differences over the re-entry of the controversial Amar Singh, formerly MSY’s Man Friday, into the party and his nomination to the Rajya Sabha.
Matter escalated on Wednesday when after meeting the party supremo Mulayam Singh, Shivpal told him that he was being painted as a villain despite following orders. He will not let that happen at any cost while the prime actors in this latest bout of feud also know that without Netaji neither has any chance with the people of UP. They harm the party…. Those who have nothing to do with party’s interest take benefit of simplicity of netaji…. There is no such post in SP. When asked about Ram Gopal’s statement that he was made party state incharge though there was no provision in the party for the same, Shivpal said, “The party president can take any decision”. Senior SP figures said the CM had been “concerned” about Singhal’s “closeness to outsiders” and that intelligence reports had mentioned the former CS’ possible links with business entities under scrutiny.
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Commenting on Akhilesh’s reaction on the current developments, Shivpal said, “I did not feel that the Chief Minister will react so swiftly and strongly as he did this time”. “I will not say anything on him”, he said, adding “jinki khatiya uth gayi unko kya kahein…(What can I say about people whose cot has been lifted?)”.
