lauding the leadership of the party in recent victories in by-elections, senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and MlA Shivpal Singh Yadav congratulated the party workers, people of the constituencies for victory Gorakhpur and Phulpur lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
He broke his silence a day after result was declared as he tweeted on Thursday to thank party workers.
“Congratulations to the people and party workers of Phulpur and Gorakhpur lok Sabha by-polls results. Congratulations also to the workers, good leadership and to the winning candidates. I think this win will set a milestone on the fight for social justice.”
While Shivpal praised the SP leadership for the victory in the crucial lok Sabha bypolls, he did not take the name of his nephew Akhilesh Yadav under whose leadership the party managed to defeat BJP.
Shivpal’s congratulatory tweet came several months after he was locked in a bitter struggle for power with his niece Akhilesh Yadav.
The SP candidate in Gorakhpur, Pravin Nishad defeated his nearest rival Upendra Dutt Shukla (BJP). In Phulpur too, the SP candidate, Nagendra Singh Patel, defeated its nearest rival Kaushlendra Singh Patel of BJP.
In 2014, the BJP stunningly won 71 of the 80 lok Sabha seats while one of its allies secured two seats.
The SP had won from five seats and the Congress two while BSP had drawn a blank.After this win SP’s tally in lok sabha has gone up to 7.