Mahabharat still continues in the Yadav family. When it seemed that all issues were close to getting resolved, Akhilesh added fuel to the feud again by revealing that the crisis was the conspiracy of an ‘outsider’. Who’s the outsider?
It is known that its no one else, but Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh. Leaders supporting Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the issue are Ram Gopal Yadav, Naresh Agrawal and Amar Singh’s old opponent Azam Khan.
‘You’re Uncle, Take Everything’
There was a brief meeting between the two on Thursday night during which Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav rejected Shivpal Yadav’s resignation from his cabinet posts twice.
Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav collectively have reportedly decided to keep “outsiders” out of the party and government affairs. Akhilesh reportedly told uncle Shivpal Yadav:
You’re my uncle, take everything, all is yours. But the ‘outsider’ is the root cause of all the contention and action should be taken against him.
Party sources said that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is ready to return all key posts to his uncle with all due respect and that he is adamant about showing the door to the ‘outsider’.
However, Shivpal’s agreement with the party on the Amar Singh issue is probably due to his political and personal restraints. Singh’s departure at this point might be an unbearable pain for Shivpal as they’ve been old companions.
“Will Not Leave, But Will Make the Party Stronger”
Shivpal Yadav on Friday said that “Netaji’s (Mulayam Singh Yadav) message is an order. All of us support Netaji and I will not leave the party. I will work for the party and strengthen it.”
From the start, Akhilesh had declared it a political fight than a family problem. He also said that till the time there’s involvement of the outsiders, how will the government function? He has been targeting Amar Singh from the start.
The ball is in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s court. He has to take the decision on the ‘outsider’. Mulayam has reportedly reassured that everything is fine within the Yadav family. This statement came when Shivpal and Akhilesh’s supporters were raising slogans outside Akhilesh’s residence on Vikramaditya Marg in Lucknow.
Shivpal and Akhilesh’s residences are hardly hundred feet away, but unfortunately an ‘outsider’ stands between them.
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