Samajwadi Party internal political crisis ahead of UP assembly polls 2016, Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav, samajwadi party, Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam singh yadav
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Samajwadi Party internal political crisis ahead of UP assembly polls 2016,Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav, samajwadi party, Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam singh yadav
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday effected a delicate power balancing in his family when he handed over UP party presidentship to his brother Shivpal Yadav but gave control of the government to his son Akhilesh Yadav, divested of the party post, by asking Shivpal to quit the ministry.
The move came on the same day as when chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked chief secretary Deepak Singhal, considered close to Shivpal.
Hours after Mulayam appointed Shivpal Yadav as the state SP president it became evident that the latter was not just giving up portfolios but quitting his nephew's government.
Shivpal, who was holding over half-a-dozen plum ministerial portfolios, was divested off all responsibilities by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in a late night development.
Mulayam Singh's action has made it clear that he backs his younger brother Shivpal in matters related to real politics, while giving a free hand to his son in running the last few months of his government before the assembly polls.
As SP internal unsettlement Other Parties focus only on UP polls
The Bahujan Samaj Party supremo has already staged massive rallies at Agra, Azamgarh, Saharanpur and Allahabad. And she will be showcasing her strength on Kanshi Ram’s death anniversary in Lucknow on 9 October. She is battle-ready. In sharp contrast, her main adversary — the Samajwadi Party — is busy fighting intra-party disorder.
The BJP and the Congress, which happen to be the third and fourth forces in Uttar Pradesh at this point of time, are watching the developments rather gleefully. While the BJP thinks that Muslims would now be divided among the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress almost equally, Prashant Kishor and his computer whiz-kids hold the hope that even a section of backwards, particularly MBCs, might drift towards them. There is no harm in keeping hopes alive. And why not at least as long as there is turmoil in the Samajwadi Party camp?