Saturday, 17 September 2016

Trouble not over for SP as workers stage protest

LUCKNOW, Sep 18, 2016, DHNS:

Supporters of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav outside party office in Lucknow on Saturday. PTI Photo


Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday found his residence being sieged by Akhilesh Yadav’s supporters demanding removal of Shivpal Yadav as state party chief and reinstatement of Akhilesh. 

The septuagenarian SP leader may have succeeded in resolving the biggest crisis in his family by brokering truce between Akhilesh and Shivpal, but found his own authority dented as he was forced to witness what is possibly the biggest crises of his 50-year political career.

It was unprecedented to see supporters shouting slogans denouncing Netaji’s  decisions and even threatening to sit on a dharna if their demands were not met.

Among the agitators were several prominent SP youth and students’ wing leaders, who held placards reading “Chacha ko hatao” (remove Shivpal as state unit president).

Youth leaders like Rajpal Kashyap, Sunil Singh and others threatened to tender their resignations if Shivpal was not removed.

Scuffle broke out when Shivpal’s supporters reached the place learning about the protest.

A visibly shocked Mulayam told the agitating workers that he would not tolerate such “tamasha” (demonstration).

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