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| Temporary truce in Mulayam family disheartens opposition | | | Wishes of the Congress,the BSP and the BJP, that had expected vertical split in the ruling Samajwadi Party were dashed to the ground after Chief Minister,Akhilesh Yadav supported his father,Mulyam Singh Yadav saying that he would opt for stepping down instead of forming a new party if his father desired so.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said he would not form a new party and would step down if Samaj-wadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav desires it.This way speculation about the vertical split has been ,for the time being buried in a deep grave. And the opposition Parties,including the Congress, BJP and BSP were awaiting the results of the growing feud in the SP. Senior leaders of Congress, BSP and BJP were hopeful that if SP faced a split chances of the SP in winning the election,due in 2017,were remote. With father-son duo getting strong the opposition were worried because neither Congress was in favour of forming a grand alliance on the pattern of what it did in Bihar nor the BSP was willing to have any alliance with either Congress or BJP or SP.It wanted to go alone. As the war within the first family in UP grew louder it sent waves of happiness among the opposition but with the latest decision the opposition feels slightly upset.
Akhilesh Yadav got emotional at a meeting of party legislators, ministers and MPs convened by Mulayam Singh Yadav at the party headquarters and broke into tears after making the announcement. "Let Mulayam install a chief minister who he feels is honest. All these years, I had toiled hard for the welfare of the people. Merey pita, merey guru hain my father is my guru]," he said, adding that many people were trying to create divisions within his family using various machinations and that he had taught himself how to oppose any wrong-doing Akhilesh Yadav's uncle, Shivpal Yadav, was present at the meeting. While Akhilesh was simply trying to win laurels for his work done during the last four and a half years his father again praised Shiv Pal Yadav for the work he had done thereby indicating that Mulayam was not ready to axe Shivapl yadav.
Mulayam Singh Yadav said at the meeting, "Instead of fighting our weaknesses we are fighting amongst ourselves. If you can't face criticism, you can't be a leader." Some ministers are just sycophants, he said, adding, "Amar Singh has helped me a lot; Amar is my brother. I cannot forget the work done by Shivpal Yadav. I can't tolerate anything against Amar & Shivpal. Amar saved me from going to jail. Mere donning of red cap does not make one Samajwadi." While Mulayam and Akhilesh shout at each other at the SP meet, the party chief said that his son will not be removed from SP. Chaos broke out at the meeting which ended abruptly amid scenes of acrimony. Supporters of the rival factions clashed outside the party headquarters here ahead of the crucial meeting. Followers of . Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav exchanged blows as tension mounted before the meet.
Police used force to disperse the party men who tried to break the cordon to march towards the party office. Tension was palpable much before the meeting began with supporters of . Akhilesh Yadav, who sought to mount pressure on the leadership in support of the Chief Minister.
The SP on Sunday was on the edge of a split, after general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Ram Gopal Yadav was expelled from the party for six years by . Mulayam Singh Yadav It is temporary truce aimed at keeping the SP vote bank in tact. Despite this truce the opposition leaders were waiting for something big to happen within SP which would make an end to the SP rule in UP. |
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