Samajwadi Party’s Self-Destruction Timeline: All You Need To Know
Here’s a look at the events in the family feud over the past months leading to the split in the Samajwadi party.
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The feud in the Yadav family won’t be coming to an end anytime soon it seems. The crisis in Samajwadi Party (SP) intensified after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday sacked his uncle and party state unit chief Shivpal Singh Yadav from the cabinet. Following that Shivpal Yadav expelled party’s General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.
A clear rift in the party can be seen with Shivpal Yadav being backed by Amar Singh and other leaders including Azam Khan and Ram Gopal Yadav supporting Akhilesh.
A resolution at the meeting convened by Akhilesh unanimously decided to sack “those close to Amar Singh”. Jaya Prada, a close aide of Amar Singh, has also been removed as the head of the UP’s Film Promotion Board.
The ongoing feud has seen a lot of action in the past few months leading up to this split.
Here’s a look at the events in the Samajwadi Party over the past months.
14 August 2016: Shivpal Yadav threatens to resign citing officers ignoring him and rise in land grab cases in the state, at a congregation in Mainpuri.
15 August 2016: Mulayam Singh Yadav backs brother Shivpal, warns that if he leaves party, it will get divided.
12 September 2016: Akhilesh sacks two of his controversial ministers Gayatri Prasad Prajapati and Raj Kishore Singh over corruption charges.
13 September 2016: Patriarch Mulayam Singh appoints brother Shivpal Yadav as the state unit chief replacing Akhilesh Yadav.
13 September 2016: Akhilesh strips his uncle Shivpal Yadav of three key ministries
13 September 2016: Akhilesh removes Chief Secretary Deepak Singhal, considered close to Shivpal, and whose appointment to the post was influenced by Amar Singh.
15 September 2016: Mulayam Yadav meets Akhilesh and Shivpal separately to resolve the situation.
17 September 2016: After meeting with uncle Shivpal, Akhilesh Yadav says no rift in Samajwadi Party.
18 September 2016: All his previous and powerful ministries are returned to Shivpal.
19 September 2016: Shivpal as state party president expels seven Akhilesh-loyalists from the party.
26 September 2016: Gayatri Prajapati is re-inducted during expansion of CM Akhilesh's cabinet.
26 September 2016: Akhilesh openly supports the SP’s youth leaders expelled by Shivpal Yadav and calls on “experienced leaders” to reconsider the decision.
3 October 2016: Shivpal names murder accused Amanmani Tripathi as SP candidate, and it doesn’t go down well with Akhilesh.
3 October 2016: Akhilesh left red-faced after Shivpal Yadav announces the merger of Mukhtar Ansari’s Quami Ekta Dal with the SP.
13 October 2016: Akhilesh in an interview says given party’s present state, he may have to single-handedly start campaigning for the 2017 polls.
14 October 2016: Mulayam says, CM candidate will be decided by MLAs after polls.
23 October 2016: Akhilesh sacks his uncle Shivpal Yadav beside three other ministers.
23 October 2016: Shivpal Yadav expels General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.
Akhilesh told in a letter to the party patriarch and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav that he would be starting his 'rath yatra' for the polls on 3 November.
(With inputs from CNN News18)