Samajwadi Party president and leader of opposition in UP Assembly, Akhilesh Yadav has made a jibe over the `Y’ security cover given to his ally Om Prakash Rajbhar, terming it as a “return gift” for supporting National Democratic Alliance presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party is an ally of the Samajwadi Party and Om Prakash Rajbhar is its president. The development comes a day after Droupadi Murmu was elected President of India. Rajbhar had voted for Murmu.
A letter dated July 15 has gone viral which states that a decision has been made by the government to provide ‘Y’ category security cover to Rajbhar. The SBSP chief had also attended a dinner hosted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in honour of Murmu after which Rajbhar had announced that his MLAs would vote in her favour.
Reacting on his upgraded security status, Rajbhar said: “There was already discussion about my security as I was attacked earlier and there are nine FIRs. The legal process is going on and this letter came today.
I thank Yogiji for giving me ‘Y’ category security by seeking a report from the Home department.” Rajbhar has been upset with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav after he was not invited to the meeting convened by him for opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha.
Rajbhar had then termed his omission as an “insult”, saying, “Only Akhileshji can tell why they (SBJP) were not invited despite being an ally. If there was respect in the Samajwadi Party, why didn’t they invite us? We were not invited just to be insulted.” Rajbhar had earlier advised Akhilesh Yadav to “get out of air-conditioned rooms” in order to win elections. Reacting to the statement, the SP chief had said: “I don’t know from where our allies are being operated.
However, we don’t need any kind of advice from anyone.” Rajbhar has been at loggerheads with Akhilesh Yadav since the SP lost the Azamgarh and Rampur bypolls. Attacking the SP chief, Rajbhar said Yadav was surrounded by his “yes men” who were continuously misguiding him.
“Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘Navratna’ gave him the wrong advice and did not let him meet people. Anurag and Udayveer had fought with each other in front of me.
In the Azamgarh by-election, Akhilesh’s close friends were getting votes on the phone just sitting in the AC room, but Rajbhar was fighting on the ground. Right now we are in alliance with Samajwadi Party and will think about “next marriage” after “divorce” with them,” Om Prakash Rajbhar said.