A day after his elevation as the national president of the Samajwadi party, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had a busy day on Monday. Besides meeting the party MlAs and the candidates for the next assembly elections Akhilesh Yadav met the party workers who assembled in thousands at his official residence.
Assuring the rank and file of the party that all is well within the family and the party Akhilesh Yadav asked the leaders and cadres to go back to their respective constituencies and concentrate on the success of the party candidates.
Akhilesh Yadav on Monday tweeted “Party workers now should go to their respective constituencies and start the party campaigning sincerely”. On Monday after his elevation as the national president of the party in the national delegate convention of the party on Sunday, he also held meeting with the MlAs, MlCs and other leaders of the party.
Samajwadi Party sources said expulsion of youth leaders like Mohammad Abad, Pradeep Tewari and MlCs like Sunil Yadav, Anand Bhadauriya, Sanjay lathar, Udaiveer Singh and Arvind Yadav is likely to be revoked soon.
Meanwhile the leaders from the Shivpal Yadav camp are now making a beeline to the chief minister’s residence for making peace with Akhilesh Yadav. The three ministers close to Shivpal Yadav and dismissed from the cabinet in October last year -Om Prakash Singh, Shadab Fatima and Narad Rai, have sought time for meeting the chief minister. Sources said Chief Minister is likely to meet the former ministers on Tuesday.
Meanwhile Kironmoy Nanda, Rajya Sabha MP and national vice president of the party who was expelled from the party on Sunday said here that the orders for his expulsion from the party were fake and unconstitutional. ``I can easily identify the signature of Mulayam Singh Yadav and the signature is fake’ said Nanda adding `` Mulayam Singh Yadav is my leader and I will continue to adore him as my leader all my life’’.
Nanda also criticised the Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh saying `` this man has returned from london only to destroy the party where he has no stakes and for him the Samajwadi party is merely a tool to promote his business interests’’.