Shivpal Yadav launches veiled attack on Mulayam for siding with Akhilesh

Former UP minister and president of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Shivpal Yadav on Sunday launched a veiled attack on his bror and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav for siding with his son Akhilesh Yadav and said that he was t going to look back.

Shivpal, who has never been openly critical of his bror before, said he had formed his party "only with consent" of Mulayam.

He was answering a reporter's question on wher Mulayam betrayed him by being seen more with his son se days.

" Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party was formed only with consent of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Why is Mulayam today standing with Akhilesh, its answer can be given by him (Mulayam) alone. But this is certain that I will t look back," he said.

Mulayam was seen with his son at SP headquarters in Luckw on Saturday when former chief of Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) Sunil Singh, once considered close to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, joined Samajwadi Party.

Shivpal said that his efforts will be to unite people who believe in philosophy of Ram Mahar Lohia, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Mahatma Gandhi.

PSP chief said that he always gave respect to Mulayam, who is also his elder bror, and listened to everything he said.

"t giving importance to what Mulayam said led to split of Samajwadi Party in 2018. This is reason that SP could t form government in UP again, orwise Akhilesh would have been chief minister," Shivpal said.

Shivpal had formed his new party in October 2018 after parting ways with Samajwadi Party.

Simmering discontent in Yadav family came to fore in January 2017 when Akhilesh became national president of party by replacing Mulayam.

Shivpal lost battle for control of party for which uncle and nephew were fighting since August 2016 when Akhilesh was chief minister and he was a key minister in n SP government.

Replying to ar ar question, Shivpal discounted possibility of entering into any alliance with BJP.

"From BJP side, re were talks about coordination, but we did t enter into any sort of alliance," he added.