AKHILESH-SHIVPAL COLD WAR IS HURTING SP

At a time when the party should be focusing on organizational strengthening, the turfwaris demotivating the cadre on ground.

- MAYANK KUMAR

As the cold war between Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle and party's Jaswant Nagar MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav reached a new height as the later dared Akhilesh Yadav to expel him from the party, the party's cadre want the episode to end forever as it is damaging its plans to overhaul the structure and district units after the loss in the assembly polls. Senior party leaders are tight-lipped on the issue, but agree that the message is not going right on the ground due to the ongoing tussle.

Talking to The Sunday Guardian, Juhi Singh, party national spokesperson, said, "Shivpal Yadav is a very senior leader of the party. He won on the symbol of Samajwadi Party,and worked with it and had direct communication with our leader Akhilesh Yadav.