Marginalised within the Samajwadi Party and deposed as State party chief by his CM nephew, Shivpal Yadav said that he would contest the imminent Assembly elections in the State. “I will contest the elections. The party is united and now there is no dispute-neither in the family nor in the party. We will go to the polls as a united force,’’ said Shivpal in lucknow on Wednesday.
Meanwhile sources close to Shivpal said that if he was denied ticket by the Samajwadi Party, then he would contest the election on the symbol of lok Dal. Earlier, lok Dal president Sunil Singh had offered Mulayam Singh to take over his party and the symbol in case the SP’s cycle symbol was frozen by the Election Commission. Shivpal Yadav’s name was missing from the list of 38 candidates sent by Mulayam Singh Yadav to newly annointed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday.
Instead, Mulayam had recommended the name of Shivpal’s son Aditya Yadav from the Jaswantnagar Assembly seat of Etawah. But Shivpal’s name was added to the list late on Tuesday evening.