Presenting a soft corner for expelled leaders on the day when the party showed an united face during the launch of Akhilesh Yadav’s Vikas Rath Yatra, State SP president Shivpal Singh Yadav said if the young leaders offer unconditional apology to the party chief, then they could be taken back.
“The expelled leaders will have to write to Netaji and apologise for their misdeeds. Then only can the party consider withdrawing their expulsion. But Netaji will take a final call,” he said and asked the expelled leaders not to attend the party’s silver jubilee function on November 5. Shivpal also maintained that the expelled leaders should not have joined the rath yatra programme on Thursday.
Addressing a Press conference in lucknow on Thursday, Shivpal said that the party would celebrate its silver jubilee foundation day function in a big way where almost all leaders including MPs, legislators along with small and big leaders have been invited.
Disclosing that Congress leaders have not been invited for the function, Shivpal said that Socialist leaders like
former PM HD Devegowda, JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav and K C Tyagi, RlD president Ajit Singh, RJD president lalu Prasad Yadav, leader of the Opposition in Haryana Assembly Abhay Chautala, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani along with SP’s other State chiefs, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav have confirmed their participation.