Mulayam blinks, revokes Akhilesh expulsion
Sanjay Pandey, Lucknow, Jan 1, 2017, dhns:
Does a U-turn after son's show of strength
In a dramatic turn of events, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was on Saturday virtually forced to revoke the expulsion of his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after a majority of the party legislators and ministers rallied behind the junior Yadav. Mulayam also reinstated his brother and party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.
“On the direction of Netaji (Mulayam), the expulsion of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav is revoked with immediate effect...we will all collectively fight the communal forces and form a majority government in the state again,” SP’s state unit president Shivpal Singh Yadav tweeted.
The patch-up was announced following a meeting Mulayam had with Shivpal and Akhilesh at noon on Saturday. Sources said Akhilesh had sought the expulsion of SP Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh from the party; removal of Shivpal as the state unit president and nomination of his supporters as candidates for the Assembly elections.
Sources said Mulayam had agreed to consider the list of probables sent to him by Akhilesh. “A new list of candidates will be released after consultations...we are all united...there is no misunderstanding now,” said Shivpal.
While the SP legislators and ministers made a beeline before the official residence of the chief minister on a foggy Saturday morning to attend the meeting convened by him and pledged their support, barely a handful of loyalists turned up at the meeting called by Mulayam at the party office.
According to sources, 212 MLAs and MLCs, including 195 of the SP, attended Akhilesh’s meeting. In contrast, only 20 legislators were present at Mulayam’s meeting.
As Mulayam and Shivpal found themselves outnumbered, senior party leader Azam Khan, an Akhilesh supporter, intervened and brokered a truce among the warring members of the Mulayam family.
Sources said Mulayam did not want a showdown, especially when it was clear that Akhilesh enjoyed the support of the majority of the party legislators.
DH News Service
“On the direction of Netaji (Mulayam), the expulsion of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav is revoked with immediate effect...we will all collectively fight the communal forces and form a majority government in the state again,” SP’s state unit president Shivpal Singh Yadav tweeted.
The patch-up was announced following a meeting Mulayam had with Shivpal and Akhilesh at noon on Saturday. Sources said Akhilesh had sought the expulsion of SP Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh from the party; removal of Shivpal as the state unit president and nomination of his supporters as candidates for the Assembly elections.
Sources said Mulayam had agreed to consider the list of probables sent to him by Akhilesh. “A new list of candidates will be released after consultations...we are all united...there is no misunderstanding now,” said Shivpal.
While the SP legislators and ministers made a beeline before the official residence of the chief minister on a foggy Saturday morning to attend the meeting convened by him and pledged their support, barely a handful of loyalists turned up at the meeting called by Mulayam at the party office.
According to sources, 212 MLAs and MLCs, including 195 of the SP, attended Akhilesh’s meeting. In contrast, only 20 legislators were present at Mulayam’s meeting.
As Mulayam and Shivpal found themselves outnumbered, senior party leader Azam Khan, an Akhilesh supporter, intervened and brokered a truce among the warring members of the Mulayam family.
Sources said Mulayam did not want a showdown, especially when it was clear that Akhilesh enjoyed the support of the majority of the party legislators.
DH News Service
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