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Asserting that he would not allow the SP to be split, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today turned emotional, saying he has given whatever he had and advised his son Akhilesh Yadav to keep away from the dispute.
Amidst the ongoing tussle in the party, Mulayam, in his address to party workers at the SP headquarters here before leaving for New Delhi, once again trained his guns at cousin Ramgopal, accusing him of conspiring to break the party and threw his weight behind brother Shivpal Yadav, who is at loggerheads with the UP Chief Minister.
“I know who met the president of another party thrice. He wants to save his son and daughter-in-law. He should have approached me. I would have saved them.
“I asked them (rival camp) not to dispute. I want unity in the party. I am neither making new party nor changing our symbol,” he said.
“I know who is forming the Akhil Bhartiya Samajwadi Party (ABSP) and desiring the motorcycle symbol,” he said.
Apparently referring to son Akhilesh’s claim for the party president’s post, Mulayam turned emotional and said, “I have given whatever I had. What is left with me? I only have you (workers) all.”
“I founded SP during the Emergency days when Akhilesh Yadav was two years old,” Mulayam said, flanked by brother Shivpal Yadav.
“Akhilesh Yadav is Chief Minister and he will be the next CM also. Why are you (Akhilesh) going to these persons...Don’t drag yourself in dispute. We want unity in the party at any cost,” Mulayam said.
Mulayam also praised Shivpal, saying he had toiled very hard for the party.
Akhilesh has been demanding Shivpal’s removal as SP’s UP chief and the sacking of Amar Singh. But both his demands have not been entertained by Mulayam, leading to the logjam in the party in the poll-bound state.
In his address to the party workers, he said, “Your worry is justified because the Samajwadi Party has been formed after struggle. I had gone to Delhi so that there is no harm to the party’s unity. I have given full time for the party and will not let it split.”
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