Amid growing differences between Shivpal and SP chief-nephew Akhilesh Yadav, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) Shivpal Yadav met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow on Wednesday. The meeting sparked speculations of possibility of Shivpal taking daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav’s route, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before state elections.
The meeting at 5, Kalidas Marg reportedly lasted for about 20 minutes. The development is considered crucial as it came four days after Shivpal criticised the Samajwadi Party for not inviting him to the Legislature Party meeting, in which Akhilesh was elected the party leader.
The PSPL leader had on March 26 said that despite being an MLA from SP, he was not called for the review meeting of SP MLAs. However, SP later clarified that Shivpal has his own outfit and was an ally, and that a meeting for allies was scheduled later.
Two days ago, Shivpal gave a miss to the meeting of alliance partners that Akhilesh had called at the SP office. Others who were invited included Om Prakash Rajbhar, Pallavi Patel and Rajpal Balyan.
Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA Abbas Ansari and Apna Dal (K) leader Pallavi Patel, too, did not attend the meeting. Patel, who defeated Keshav Prasad Maurya, however, was represented by Apna Dal (K) national general secretary Pankaj Niranjan.
In the recent UP assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party retained power for a second consecutive term in the state, winning 255 of the 403 assembly seats. The SP bagged 111 seats. After the results, Shivpal had blamed the BJP for their defeat. “Our (SP alliance) seats and vote percentage have increased in the elections. The people of the state did not defeat the SP. It was because of BJP’s dishonesty and cunningness that we lost,” Shivpal had stated.
Shivpal contested the recent elections on SP symbol from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat of Etawah district.
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