Seeking to downplay the bitter power struggle within the first family of the Samajwadi party, Kironmoy Nanda, , the national vice president of the party has said that the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will attend the silver jubilee function of the party here on November 5.
"There is no rift in the party and Mulayam Singh Yadav is the national president, Shivpal Yadav state president and Akhilesh Yadav CM face of the party. Chief Minister may also postpone his proposed yatra on November 3’’, said Kironmoy Nanda here on Friday.
"How can anyone say that CM will not attend party’s silver jubilee function on November 5. Akhilesh plans to take out yatra two days before the silver jubilee programme and there is nothing alarming in it. CM is doing his job as he is the poster boy of the party so where is the question of the confrontation with the party’s leadership or defiance’’ said the SP leader.
Ruling out any possibility of a split in the party, the Rajya Sabha MP said," there is no chance of split in the party and Akhilesh’s government good work will be party's election agenda and the party is united behind his leadership." He added `` CM has a responsibility to make people aware of the good work and there is no conflict in the party."
However hinting that may be the yatra of Akhilesh could be postponed for the time being but on the other hand also said every political party is out in the field as there is little time left for the next elections.
As far as some protests and disgruntled voices are concerned, he said there are always some discordant notes in every party.
Meanwhile, Senior Samajwadi Parry leader and Rajya Sabha member Beni Prasad Verma too claimed that there are no chances of split in party.
"Any intelligent person will not consume poison. What will be gained out of dividing the party. I am in regular touch with both Akhilesh and Mulayam.No one is annoyed. Akhilesh is not annoyed", he claimed. Former Union minister, said," Akhilesh is the face and the future of the party and all other issues will be resolved. I will soon meet Netaji to resolve the pending issues’’.
Meanwhile Aditya Yadav, chairman of Pradesh cooperative federation (PCF) and son of the state SP president Shivpal Yadav said in Agra on Friday that `` Mulayam Singh Yadav will flag off the propose d yatra by the chief minister here onNovember 3’’. He said ahead of the 2012 assembly elections Akhilesh Yadav had gone alone on the statewide rath yatra which catapulted the party to the majority in state assembly for the first time.