25 October,2016 08:33 AM IST | | Agencies
The high-voltage power struggle in the first family of Uttar Pradesh continued with Mulayam Singh Yadav and son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, trading barbs
Mulayam Singh Yadav and son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Acrimony, bitter exchanges and personal attacks yesterday marked a meeting of Samajwadi Party leaders, bringing to the fore the high-voltage power struggle in the first family with Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav trading barbs while the chief minister was accused of planning to float a party, a charge he denied.
Cut up with his son, Mulayam Singh Yadav put up a strong defence of his brother Shivpal Yadav, who was sacked by Akhilesh from his cabinet, and General Secretary Amar Singh but ruled out replacing the chief minister, who offered to quit.
The political drama was also punctuated by clashes between rival factions outside and inside the venue and after the abrupt end to the meeting of the legislators, MPs and ministers. Amid the commotion, Shivpal even snatched the mike from the chief minister.
Mulayam Singh later told Akhilesh Yadav to come and hug his uncle Shivpal Yadav and bury the hatchet. Akhilesh Yadav reluctantly hugged him and even touched Shivpal Yadav's feet. Soon after that Mulayam Singh announced that Akhilesh Yadav will not be removed as the chief minister.
