At the same time, he indicated that he may not return to the government. “Look, I have resigned only recently. I have got a bigger responsibility. Elections are near and I have to work for the polls. Who is bothered about portfolios? I had only one portfolio, so I said why only one. I will work for the party.”
Earlier this morning, Mulayam also broke his silence over the five-day no holds barred family war, saying, “There can be no division in the party, till I am there.”
The party supremo, who rushed here last evening from Delhi to douse the raging flames of feud, said, “We have a big family, differences may occur…There is no fight between Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh.”
He has met Shivpal and Akhilesh separately and then together to ensure that the crisis was resolved.
Mulayam said his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will not defy his words and announced that sacked mining minister Gayatri Prajapati will be taken back in the UP Cabinet, considered a bone of contention between Shivpal and Akhilesh.
Akhilesh, on his part, told a news channel, “I have two duties, as Chief Minister and as son. I will honour the word of the party president and I will do everything to make my father happy.”
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