2022 UP polls: Shivpal Yadav meets Owaisi ally SBSP after talks with nephew Akhilesh stall

In yet ar twist to Uttar Pradesh politics, Pragathisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP) chief Shivpal Singh met with Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party  (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar in Luckw on Thursday. hour-long meeting was regarding Yadav partnering in third-party coalition against BJP. Rajbhar has already allied with AIMIM, while Shivpal Yadav was eyeing to ally with estranged nephew Akhilesh Yadav. state's next elections will be held in month of February-March 2022. 

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Owaisi allies with Rajbhar

On Wednesday, AIMIM chief Asadudding Owaisi met Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party's Om Prakash Rajbhar in Luckw to stitch an alliance for 2022 UP polls. " two of us (Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party's Om Prakash Rajbhar and he) are sitting before you. We stand toger and we'll work under his leadership," Owaisi said. Apart from AIMIM, AAP and JDU have anunced that y will be contesting for UP polls. incumbent BJP w faces Congress, Samajwadi Party, BSP, AAP, JDU, AIMIM-SBSP-, Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party in 2022 polls.

Shivpal Yadav allies with SP for 2022 UP polls, ending feud with nephew Akhilesh Yadav

Shivpal anunces coalition with SP, n calls off

In vember, Shivpal Yadav anunced that his party - Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party will be allying with Samajwadi Party. His nephew and SP chief, Akhilesh Yadav ruled out alliances with any 'larger parties' for Uttar Pradesh state elections in 2022. Yadav who has previously tied-up with Congress and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), has stated that he was open to adjusting estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party with SP, offering him a cabinet seat. But after receiving 'positive reaction' from Akhilesh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav said that PSP will t merge with any or party, but urged all 'socialist parties to ally'.

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2017 Akhilesh-Shivpal split

In 2016, Akhilesh Yadav had faced a massive family feud - with his uncle Shivpal Yadav over who will take over party's reins from patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. n-SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had sided with his bror- Shivpal, throwing out n-CM Akhilesh Yadav and his cousin  Ram Gopal Yadav from party for six years for releasing a separate list of 235 candidates for 2017 polls, countering his far's 325 candidate-list. Later, Akhilesh was reinstated, who promptly threw out his uncle and replaced Mulayam Singh Yadav as party chief. Shivpal quit SP and formed his own party -Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party which was recognized officially in October 2018. Several meetings initiated by Mulayam Singh Yadav to patch up family feud have t yielded good results.

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