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          BJP smiles as rift widens in                                                                                   he said pointing his brother Mulayam,   brother is pitted against another. Small  society, especially backwards, Mus-
                                                                                                                                                                                          lims and poor upper caste people for
                                                                                                                         “I formed new party after obtaining
                                                                                                                                                         traders are in depression over GST.
                                                                                                                         your permission in presence of Bhag-
                                                                                                                                                         Farmers are facing crisis, as they are not  whom he pleaded for reservation on
                                                                                                                                                         getting adequate price of their produce  economic grounds. He also promised
                                                                                                                         wati Singh and Ram Nareshji. I never
               Samajwadi Party family                                                                                    asked for any post or position and al-  and committing suicides. Cane growers  the employees to restore old pension
                                                                                                                                                                                          system and regularization of contrac-
                                                                                                                         ways abided Netaji’s (Mulayam Singh)
                                                                                                                                                         are harassed due to non-clearance of
                                                                                                                         orders. I even respected elders and
                                                                                                                                                         their long pending dues. The youths are  tual employees working for more than
                                                                                                                         younger family members and obeyed
                                                                                                                         their orders.” “What I least expected,-  facing challenges of unemployment.  10-15 years. Condemning the policies
                                                                                                                                                           Shivpal Yadav said there should not
                                                                                                                                                                                          of BJP government Shivpal urged to
                                                                                                                         due respect for you and me. But nei-  be any temple on the disputed land and  dislodge Modi government from cent-
               Offended with the continuous insulting avoidance and neglecting behaviour on the part                     ther he obeyed you nor listen to me,” he    added that the Supreme Court orders   er in upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
               of his nephew Akhilesh, a visibly upset Shivpal Singh Yadav has floated his own political                 lamented. Shivpal Singh blamed the   be honoured in the matter. “The need   He offered position of party chief to
                                                                                                                                                         is to remove the current government,
                                                                                                                         coterie of some baseless sycophants
                                                                                                                                                                                          Mulayam  Singh  and  urged  him  to
                        outfit Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), reports MUDIT MATHUR                                around Akhilesh for escalating family   which is dishonest, useless and false.   fight  as  his  party’s  nominee  from
                                                                                                                         feud that ultimately compelled him to   I and ‘Netaji’ (Mulayam Singh Yadav)   Mainpuri.
                 he disintegration of ‘Sama-  appears to be going out of his hand.   who are in a dilemma over to which   form new political party with neglected  are with the Muslims,” Shivpal Yadav   The people of state are puzzled over
                 jwadi Parivar’ has given a   Offended with the continuous in-  side they go to remain blessed? Shivpal   loyalists of Samajwadi Party.   remarked. “If the temple is to be built,   the belligerent assertions of Shivpal
                 reason to ruling Bhartiya   sulting avoidance and neglecting be-  was just dumbfounded when he saw        Mulayam Singh Yadav, while ad -  then a piece of land can be searched    Singh Yadav against BJP. In fact, Shiv-
                 Janata Party to smile at their   haviour on the part of his nephew   that his elder brother on the dais and   dressing the gathering, started speak-                     pal is receiving benevolent gestures
         T infighting that reached at     Akhilesh Yadav, a visibly upset Shivpal   being escorted by his younger ambi-  ing about the Samajwadi Party forget-                            from Yogi Adityanath government.
         its peak of no return. The electorate in   Singh Yadav floated his own political   tious daughter-in-law, Aprna Yadav,   ting that he was addressing a rally of its   This time the area   State government had recently allotted
         Uttar Pradesh is very confused over   outfit-‘Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party   who is Akhilesh Yadav’s bête norie.   rival faction — PSPL, thereby leaving                         a sprawling bungalow at Lal Bahadur
         the way family feud is dividing its vote   (Lohia),’ PSP-L and organised a big rally   Highly charged Shivpal Yadav tried   Shivpal Yadav embarrassed. “The Sama-  in Allahabad for the   Shastri Marg, vacated by BSP president
         bank. Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam   in Lucknow to show off his political   to clear circumstances that forced   jwadi Party take along everyone with it,                         Mayawati on Supreme Court orders, to
         Singh Yadav, who is under pressure of   strength and maneuverings skills. The   him to walkout from Samajwadi Party,    treats all human beings as equal irre-  upcoming festival has   Shivpal Yadav from where he is waging
         CBI investigations into pending cases   unexpected presence of Samajwadi   despite being its founder member.    spective of their caste and religion, to   been increased from   war against his own nephew Akhilesh
         of disproportionate assets, is trying to   patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav in the   Addressing ‘Janakrosh Rally’ organ-  make the party stronger,” he unmind-                      Yadav.
         play balancing role but now situation   rally puzzled many of his supporters,   ised by his newly formed party PSP-L,   fully asserted, leaving Shivpal Yadav   1,936 hectares in 2013   Political observers are surprised
                                                                                                                         visibly flummoxed as his supporters   to over 3,200 hectares     why despite forming separate politi-
                                                                                                                         started disrupting his address. Mulay-                           cal outfit by party rebellions with his
                                                                                                                         am Singh Yadav stopped referring to   besides, increasing        uncle, Akhilesh Yadav has not initiated
             • Power struggle  Arun                                                                                      the Akhilesh led Samajwadi Party only   the number of            disciplinary action against them. He
             Jaitley and RBI Governor                                                                                    after the PSPL chief Shivpal elbowed                             has not even filed petitions before the
             Urjit Patel are trying to                                                                                   him to his senses.               sectors of the Mela             Speaker of legislative assembly for dis-
             resolve row over authority                                                                                    Thereafter Mulayam Singh con-  area from 14 to 20              qualification of their membership from
                                                                                                                         gratulated Shivpal for organizing such                           the house.
                                                                                                                         a mammoth gathering in the history                                 The emergence of Shivpal is all set to
                                                                                                                         of Lucknow. Touching his head he   on the banks of the Saryu River. There is  divide secular votes and give a big jolt
                                                                                                                         said, “Shivpal have my blessings. He    no dearth of land for the government,”   to Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Par-
                                                                                                                         appealed the  gathering  to  support   he added.                 ty. The success of this rally once again
                                                                                                                         PSPL” A day before the rally, Shivpal    He also hit out at the saffron party   established beyond doubt that he is at
                                                                                                                         remained tight-lipped to a question   and alleged that BJP had weakened   grassroots of the party cadre that was
                                                                                                                         as to whether Samajwadi patriarch    the country and it wanted to “instigate   cultivated by Mulayam Singh Yadav-
                                                                                                                         Mulayam Singh Yadav would attend his  riots” for political gains in the 2019 Lok   OBC-Muslims combination. Three sit-
                                                                                                                         rally. It was relevant in view of his mys-  Sabha elections. The BJP has weak-  ting MLA including Hariom, Amanmani
                                                                                                                         terious skip from celebrations organ-  ened the country. We will oust them   Tripathi and more than 17 former MLA
                                                                                                                         ised by Shivpal on his birthday.    from power at the Centre and in Uttar   and ministers including Shadab Fatima,
                                                                                                                           Pulling huge crowd in the rally, over-  Pradesh. We want peace and brother-  Kamar Yusuf Pramod Gupta were seen
                                                                                                                         whelmed Shivpal Singh Yadav attacked  hood but the communal people want   in his rally. Shivpal has better accept-
                                                                                                                         policies of Prime Minister Narendra   to instigate riots. He also expressed    ability among the leaders of secular
                                                                                                                         Modi  and  blamed  BJP  for  creating    the possibility of rigging through EVMs.  front as he has a better control on the
                                                                                                                         social tensions and disrupting com-  Amid positive response from the   cadre of the party being its foremost
                                                                                                                         munal harmony in the state. He alleged  supporters, Shivpal urged the masses   organiser.
                                                                                                                         ever since BJP came to power Muslims   to support his newly formed party, as
                                                                                                                         are in reign of terror and tension as a   it will cater the needs of all section of   LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM



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