Lucknow: Possibly splitting the Samajwadi Party founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav in two folds, Shivpal Yadav on Friday announced the formation of a new political outfit called ‘Samajwadi Secular Morcha’.
According to news agency ANI, the new political outfit floated by Shivpal Yadav will have Mulayam Singh Yadav as its chief.
Shivpal Yadav, who was in news over a bitter struggle for power for control over SP with his cousin and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, said the new party will bring all ”Samajwadis” on a single platform.
This is being done to restore respect of Netaji (Mulayam), Shivpal said.
The senior SP leader had on many occasions earlier hinted that he would soon launch a campaign to unite “samajwadis” to bring them on a single platform
Shivpal Yadav had recently asked his cousin Akhilesh Yadav to hand over the reins of the SP to his father Mulayam, failing which, he warned, he will float a new political front.
“Akhilesh had promised to hand over the party to ‘netaji’ [Mulayam]. He should now do so and we all will strengthen the SP. I had also given him three months’ time. Otherwise, I will constitute a new secular front,” Shivpal had said in Etawah.
The SP witnessed a bitter feud between Shivpal and Akhilesh in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
The SP contested the polls under Akhilesh’s leadership but suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the BJP.
After filing his nomination for the polls in January, Shivpal had said he would form a new party after the election results are declared. But, subsequently he said there was no such move.
Bureau Report
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