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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Akhilesh Yadav asks Samajwadi Party to reinduct expelled youth leaders
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Akhilesh Yadav asks Samajwadi Party to reinduct expelled youth leaders

Shivpal Yadav had expelled seven SP functionaries, including three MLCs, all considered close to Akhilesh, after assuming charge on 19 September

A file photo of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Photo: Hindustan TimesPremium
A file photo of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Photo: Hindustan Times

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday openly supported Samajwadi Party’s (SP) youth leaders expelled by state party president Shivpal Yadav and called on “experienced leaders" to reconsider the decision.

Shivpal had expelled seven party functionaries, including three members of legislative council (MLCs), all considered close to Akhilesh, after assuming charge as the state SP chief on 19 September.

“I will ask experienced leaders of my party to reconsider their decision and take back the youth who were with us from the days of struggle," Akhilesh told reporters.

Sunil Singh Sajan, Anand Bhadauria and Sanjay Lathar, all MLCs, were shown the door for making “derogatory remarks" against party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, indulging in anti-party activities and indiscipline, a party statement had said.

Besides the three legislators, Mohd Ebad, state chief of SP youth brigade; Brijesh Yadav, state president of SP Yuvjan Sabha; Gaurav Dubey, national president of SP youth brigade, and Digvijay Singh Dev, state chief of Chatra Sabha were also expelled from the SP on similar grounds.

“If they had raised slogans, it was in my favour and not against anyone," Akhilesh said.

The chief minister’s statement came a day after SP national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav came out in support of his nephew and expelled MLC Arvind Yadav during his roadshow from Delhi to Saifai (Etawah).

Arvind was expelled by Shivpal in his first act as the state SP chief for alleged involvement in land grabbing and other such activities. The feud between the factions led by Akhilesh and Shivpal spilled out in the open earlier this month.

The chief minister had stripped Shivpal of key portfolios on 13 September, hours after he was replaced with Shivpal as the state party president. The dispute ended on 17 September after Akhilesh restored all but one portfolio of Shivpal and promised to support him as the SP’s state unit president.

The two sides appeared to have reached a truce after the intervention of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Discontent, however, continues to simmer within the Yadav family with supporters of Akhilesh and Ram Gopal being expelled from the party. Akhilesh and Ram Gopal, who is Mulayam’s cousin, are said to be on the same page.

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Published: 27 Sep 2016, 09:58 PM IST
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