Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath once again hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Speaking at an event organised by a news channel in Gorakhpur on Friday, Yogi took a jibe at the estranged relationship between Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav.
“The way in which Shivpal was humiliated and thrown out (of SP) is very painful. At least he should have been respected as an uncle,” Yogi Adityanath said.
Taking another swipe at Akhilesh, Yogi said, “Akhilesh, who wakes up at 12 O’clock, will first sit with friends and then go for cycling, after which he is not left with much time for politics. He is a big boy of a big father. He (Akhilesh) must have bought islands in Australia, he should go and have fun there, I will be happy that a person from UP has become a non-resident Indian.”
Earlier this week, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav had said that he was not willing to wait for an indefinite period over the decision by Akhilesh Yadav on alliance with his party. He had said there had been no reply from the Samajwadi Party president on an alliance between them, even as the two leaders had talked about mending ties on different occasions.
Losing hope of an alliance with SP for 2022 UP polls, Shivpal Yadav is now working on a separate ‘Samajik Parivartan Yatra’, beginning October 15 from Vrindavan area of Mathura.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is also embarking on a ‘Samajwadi Vijay Yatra’ from October 12.
Attacking the opposition parties, the chief minister said that those “who were supporting Taliban were doing the work of inciting riots in UP”.
On All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen’s Asaduddin Owaisi speaking on UP, Yogi Adityanath said, “Owaisi saheb should also say something about Kashmir. These are the same people who support the Taliban on the killings in Kabul and remain silent on Kashmir.”