A day after expelling two leaders close to Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, state SP president Shivpal Yadav packed off seven top youth leaders including chiefs of four frontal outfits. All those shown the door, are members of CM Akhilesh Yadav’s core team.
Those who got the boot are legislative Council members Sanjay lathar, Sunil Singh Yadav aka Sunil Sajan and Anand Bhadauria.
Besides, national and state presidents of Mulayam Singh youth brigade Gaurav Dubey and Mohammad Ebad, state chief of Yuvajan Sabha Brijesh Yadav and state president of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (the students’ wing) Digvijay Singh Dev, were also expelled.
Earlier on Sunday, Shivpal Yadav had expelled Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav’s nephew and MlC Arvind Yadav and his kin Akhilesh Kumar Yadav alias Chandgiram from the party for anti- party activities. Arvind Yadav was elected unopposed to the Council earlier this year while Akhilesh is a former village prdhan from Sefai block of Etawah.
In his order issued on Monday, the state president said that the seven leaders were expelled from the party for anti-party activities and making `derogatory remarks’ against party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. While the order was communicated to every other senior member of the Yadav clan, CM Akhilesh Yadav was not kept in the loop even as he emains the national in-charge of frontal outfits.
The leaders expelled on Monday were part of a group that converged at the state SP office at Vikramaditya Marg on Saturday. They carried placards and shouted slogans placards demanding Akhilesh Yadav’s re-installation as state SP president. The recent action is indicator that disciplinary action has begun.
Protesting the sacking of sevel leaders, many young office-bearers of various outfits across the state submitted their resignations.
Earlier in December last year too, Sunil Yaav and Anand Bhadauria were expelled from the party for anti-party activities during the Panchyat polls. they had opposed the party’s official candidate for the post of Chairman of District Panchyat in their native districts –Unnao and Sitapur, respectively.
That time too, it was Shivpal Yadav who took the decision afterbeing instructedby SP chief Mulayam Singh to quell the rebellion. Upset with the move, Akhilesh Yadav, who was the then state SP chief, had skipped the inaugural ceremony of Saifai Mahotsav - the annual jamboree held in the ancestral village of the Yadavs. The two were later re-instated and elected as MlCs.