Post Akhilesh-Shivpal patch-up, BJP could have sleepless nights

Express News Service

LUCKNOW:  The merger of Shivpal Yadav-led Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia and Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party immediate the BJP to return to the drafting board to plan a contemporary technique for not solely the massive battle of 2024 but additionally the upcoming civic polls. The SP has determined to combat the city native physique polls on its image for the primary time.

The Akhilesh-Shivpal reunion had been seen for the reason that demise of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. It has now been cemented by Dimple Yadav’s victory. Hours after Akhilesh offered his get together flag to Shivpal in Saifai on Thursday, the latter and his son Aditya modified their Twitter accounts to establish themselves as SP leaders.

“In the coming days, chachaji will be given a bigger role in Samajwadi Party and his party workers will be given due respect,” Akhilesh stated. Dimple’s victory in Mainpuri with a margin of over 2.88 lakh votes over BJP’s Raghuraj Singh Shakya consolidated the reconciliation between Akhilesh and Shivpal. 

“Being seen as homecoming, the merger of his party with SP will strengthen the hands of not only Akhilesh but also reduce the challenges for Shivpal who had been side lined,” Reoti Raman Singh, an SP veteran, stated.

The household feud had harm the prospects of the uncle and nephew in three polls since 2017, and the BJP had cashed in on it. “Akhilesh would get the benefit of this reunion in potato belt comprising Kannauj, Firozabad, Auraiyya, Etawah, Mainpuri and Farrukhbad as Shivpal has a respectable following here,” JP Shukla, a political commentator, stated. 
 

LUCKNOW:  The merger of Shivpal Yadav-led Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia and Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party immediate the BJP to return to the drafting board to plan a contemporary technique for not solely the massive battle of 2024 but additionally the upcoming civic polls. The SP has determined to combat the city native physique polls on its image for the primary time.

The Akhilesh-Shivpal reunion had been seen for the reason that demise of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. It has now been cemented by Dimple Yadav’s victory. Hours after Akhilesh offered his get together flag to Shivpal in Saifai on Thursday, the latter and his son Aditya modified their Twitter accounts to establish themselves as SP leaders.

“In the coming days, chachaji will be given a bigger role in Samajwadi Party and his party workers will be given due respect,” Akhilesh stated. Dimple’s victory in Mainpuri with a margin of over 2.88 lakh votes over BJP’s Raghuraj Singh Shakya consolidated the reconciliation between Akhilesh and Shivpal. 

“Being seen as homecoming, the merger of his party with SP will strengthen the hands of not only Akhilesh but also reduce the challenges for Shivpal who had been side lined,” Reoti Raman Singh, an SP veteran, stated.

The household feud had harm the prospects of the uncle and nephew in three polls since 2017, and the BJP had cashed in on it. “Akhilesh would get the benefit of this reunion in potato belt comprising Kannauj, Firozabad, Auraiyya, Etawah, Mainpuri and Farrukhbad as Shivpal has a respectable following here,” JP Shukla, a political commentator, stated.