Lucknow: Amid rhetoric on Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia president Shivpal Singh Yadav’s move to reduce the security cover, the Uttar Pradesh government has now responded to his criticism, saying that “it was no longer required.” UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said in a tweet on Monday night, ‘Shivpal Singh Yadav was in danger from his nephew Akhilesh Yadav and SP goons.’ Maurya said, “Now the two have reconciled, so a major security threat has been averted.”
The Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM also tried to remind that Shivpal still enjoys ‘Y’ category security. Deputy CM said, ‘If they have any security related problem then tell them. Action will be taken as per rules after getting it evaluated.
Amidst campaigning for the bypolls to one Lok Sabha and two assembly seats, the state government reviewed the security and decided to downgrade Shivpal Yadav’s cover from ‘Z’ category to ‘Y’.
Reacting to the move, Shivpal said that now the BJP candidate will be badly defeated in the crucial Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll and the voters will teach a big lesson to the ruling party. Extending support to the PSPL leader, his nephew, Akhilesh Yadav termed the move as “objectionable” and also hit out at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for comparing his uncle to a pendulum.
Attacking the BJP government for reducing his uncle’s security and comparing him to a football and a pendulum, Akhilesh said, reducing the security of Shivpal Singh Yadav is objectionable. Symbolizes the movement of time and signifies the change of time for all. It says that there is nothing stable that one can be proud of.”
His comment came after CM Yogi Adityanath mocked Shivpal for switching sides. “One day I was reading uncle Shivpal’s statement, his condition has become like a pendulum,” the chief minister said at a rally in support of BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya. that in life.
Recently, the Samajwadi Party had made Shivpal its star campaigner in Mainpuri, where he is in a direct fight with BJP’s Shakya in the by-election to be held on December 5. The party has fielded Akhilesh’s wife and former MP Dimple Yadav from the SP stronghold. Mainpuri.
This development has come to a close after Shivpal and Akhilesh ended the enmity and joined hands once again. The bypoll has become necessary following the death of SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav last month.
The uncle-nephews (Shivpal and Akhilesh), who did not have good relations for a long time after a dispute in 2016, came together once again and retained the seat, terming it as a tribute to the victory. Mulayam Singh Yadav.
In a strategic move, the BJP had fielded Shakya, a Shivpal loyalist, against Dimple, hoping to exploit the rift in the family, which appears to have failed as the Yadavs joined the ranks. Is.
Shivpal’s support is considered important because his Jaswantnagar assembly constituency comes under Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat and he is a popular leader there. The counting of votes will take place on December 8.
Significantly, ‘Y’ category security comprises a total of 11 security personnel including two personal security guards, while ‘Z’ category security comprises a total of 22 security personnel including four-five NSG commandos.