In a veiled criticism of the factional battle within the party over the distribution of the tickets for the election of chairman of district panchyats, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav cautioned against the culture of back biting and sycophancy. Mulayam Singh said every body should fight injustice at all levels whether it’s in the family or the party.
Addressing a meeting at the state office of the party to commemorate the 39th death anniversary of the veteran socialist leader Raj Naryan, Samajwadi Party chief said the party leader and cadres should refrain from sycophancy and maintain distance from the persons making malicious statements about others in their absence. SP sources said Mulayam Singh Yadav made the veiled criticism of the chief minister as he was not happy with his style of handling of the disputes arising over the distribution of tickets for the election of chairman of district panchyats.
Akhilesh Yadav also scheduled to attend the meeting but he skipped and went to Saifai, his native place in Etawah district. Akhilesh Yadav was scheduled to inaugurate the Saifai festival on December 26.
lauding the role of the youth in the party SP chief said the ``SP government was formed in 2012 after the painstaking efforts and relentless labour by the young cadres of the party and they deserve all praise for their hard work’’.
Remembering his long association with the veteran socialist leader Raj naryan, SP chief
Said ``Raj Nryan had inaugurated the election office of the first election he contested in 1967 and he also addressed two public meetings in his favour’’.
He said Raj naryan will always be remembered in Indian political history as relentless fighter for the cause of democracy, civil rights poor and the downtrodden classes. Raj naryan had created history in the parliament elections held in 1977 soon after the lifting of the emergency, by defeating the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. He said the relentless struggle against injustice and uplift of the poor will the true tribute to the legacy of Raj Naryan.