Rashtriya Janata Dal president lalu Prasad Yadav today performed a role of a peace maker in the feuding Samajwadi Party when he brought both chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav for reconciliation at the silver jubilee foundation day function here.
lalu asked both Akhilesh and Shivpal to raise their hands along with him to present a scene of unity with while they were brandishing the silver sword presented to them by the controversial minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati coming in front of the dais.
later lalu also asked Akhilesh to touch the feet of the uncle Shivpal thus in an effort to end the ongoing dispute within the family. Much to the relief of the SP’s leadership the cadre and the supporters who attended the silver jubilee programme remained calm and there was no untoward incident as apprehended by the police.
The crowed however cheered on the effort of the former Bihar CM, who is also a relative of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Yadav, grand son of Mulayam Singh Yadav is married to the daughter of lalu Yadav. lalu on his arrival in lucknow on Friday evening, lalu had blamed the media for the dispute within the family and claimed that all is well.
lalu Yadav termed the move of the NDA government's move to ban a news channel for a day is an "attack on democracy" and a step towards "emergency and dictatorship.
lalu Yadav who was here on attends the silver jubilee foundation day programme of the Samajwadi party said `` a TV channel has reported an incident. Banning it for a day is an attack on democracy. Narendra Modi, BJP and RSS are taking the country toward emergency and dictatorship",
lalu said while addressing Samajwadi Party's silver jubilee celebrations here.
The RJD president also lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said the NDA government has failed to create new job opportunities and the situation has infect deteriorated during the last two years of Modi government. `` The Marathas in Maharashtras, jats in Haryana and Patels in Gujarat all are up in arms against the NDA government demanding reservation in job. This is happening only due to the failure of the Modi government to deliver on its promises’’, said lalu Yadav.
Senior JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav also drew parallels to the emergency, saying such measures had been seen during the
Period when media was gagged.” I want to advise all BJP men to remain alert. You have attacked media and this will be taken seriously," he said.