Lucknow: A day after the political crisis within the Samajwadi Party reached its peak and boiled over in full public view, party chief Mulayam Singh signaled a stitched up truce between the warring factions and declared that the ‘party is one’ and the ‘family is united.’
Yadav however remained non-committal over questions regarding the CM candidate for the upcoming state assembly polls and said that with two months left for the elections it was early to decide on these matters.
“I will not give a single controversial answer, no matter how many controversial questions you may ask,” Mulayam Singh told the media which a series of questions.
Earlier in the day, Mulayam was at the receiving end of a string of attacks by his former party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.
Yadav, who was expelled from the party for a period of six years attacked SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for praising Amar Singh and claiming that he saved him from going to jail.
Earlier in the day, sources privy to the latest development told CNN-News18 that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is set to reinstate State president Shivpal Yadav and three other ministers into the cabinet.
All the four ministers met Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in the morning.
Mulayam who has made multiple attempts to broke a peace deal between the two warring factions in the party was however at the receiving end of Ram Gopal Yadav’s barbs.
There is also no clarity on MLC Udayveer Singh and former general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav who were removed from the party by state president Shivpal Yadav and are believed to be part of Akhilesh’s camp.
Sources have told CNN-News18 that they will be brought back to the party only after Diwali.
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