Lucknow: After Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, it is now his younger brother Shivpal Yadav and daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav who have mounted a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
As the attacks from within the family and the party increase, talks of the seniors leaders forming a separate party have also started gaining ground.
Sources close to Shivpal Yadav said that preparations were afoot to float a new political outfit under the leadership of Mulayam Singh Yadav and bring back all dedicated Samajwadis who had left the party because of Akhilesh Yadav.
“A large section of the party has either left or receded into a shell because of Akhilesh Yadav’s style of functioning. The rout of the party in the elections has apparently not been an eye opener for Akhilesh and he has not even discussed the defeat with his father. If this continues, the Samajwadi Party will disintegrate very soon,” said a close aide of Shivpal.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Saturday, had mounted his fiercest attack on his son Akhilesh when he said that he had faced maximum humiliation at the hands of his son. "Jo apne baap ka nahi, who aap ka kahan hoge?" he stated. Shivpal Yadav said in Mainpuri on Sunday evening that he would soon take a "major decision with the blessings of Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav)". "I have been humiliated and Netaji has been insulted. Those children who do not respect their elders can never prosper in life," he said at a school function.
Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of Mulayam, also came out openly against the SP leadership when she said, "I was not defeat by EVM machines but by my own people". Aparna was speaking at thanksgiving function.
