Sources say Akhilesh has strong reservations about sharing political space with Sadhna Gupta’s family as he had put his foot down on Prateek’s political debut in 2014. Akhilesh camp sources say that apart from reservations on Aparna, the CM has put forth strong terms for calling a truce in his showdown with Mulayam and the patriarch may find them hard to accept. The “externment” of Mulayam’s younger brother Shivpal Yadav from UP affairs seems a hard call after the SP chief knocked on the door of the Election Commission disputing Akhilesh’s elevation as party’s national president.
To counter Mulayam’s claim, another uncle of Ahkilesh, Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav, reached the EC office with documents to counter the SP chief ‘s claims. He presented tapes of the “national executive” to claim that the party symbol “cycle” belonged to Akhilesh. By demanding that Shivpal be excluded from UP affairs, Akhilesh is looking to establish full control of the party, including distribution of assembly poll tickets.
