Shivpal Yadav, the former State president of the Samajwadi Party has raised the banner of revolt saying he will float a new political party after the Assembly election results are announced on March 11. He also challenged his nephew and the SP national president Akhilesh Yadav to form the next Government in UP.
The rebellion by the estranged uncle of the chief minister comes close on the heels of the Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav refusing to campaign for the Samajwadi party –Congress alliance and asking his supporters to contest elections against the Congress to defeat the grand old party.
``I will float the new political party as I am left with very few options. The insult of Mulayam Singh Yadav has deeply pained me and I will decide my future course of action after the assembly election results are announced on. March 11,” said Shivpal Yadav while addressing a meeting at the exhibition grounds in Etawah on Tuesday after filing his nomination papers.Shivpal also said that “I would have contested the election as an independent candidate had the party denied me the ticket ‘’.
Shivpal Yadav challenged the SP president Akhilesh Yadav saying`` you win the elections and form the next government in UP, I will float new party after the assembly elections’’. Tej Pratap Yadav, grandson of Mulayam Singh Yadav and lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri and Shivpal’s brother in law Agent Singh Yadav, block pramukh was also, present when Shivpal Yadav filed his papers.
Shivpal also attacked the SP-Congress alliance. “The Congress is not the worth of even four seats in UP, yet the SP conceded 105 seats to it. Sharing of disproportionate number of seats will not only demoralise the SP cadres but also weaken the party in those district where the Congress will contest’’, said Shivpal Yadav.