new Delhi: Setting off speculations in political circles, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Shivpal Singh Yadav is the uncle of Samajwadi Party chief and Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav.
Shivpal Singh Yadav went to meet Yogi Adityanath just after taking oath as an MLA of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, PTI reported. Shivpal Yadav met Adityanath at the CM’s 5 Kalidas Marg residence for about 20 minutes.
However, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) spokesperson Deepak Mishra said it was a courtesy call.
“Since he could not meet the Leader of the House after the election, he met him today after taking oath. He also met the Speaker of the UP Assembly,” Mishra told PTI.
When asked by reporters about their meeting, Shivpal said, “Very soon, I will talk about everything and tell everything.”
Shivpal has become furious after he was not invited to the SP Legislature Party meeting last week, even though he won the election on the SP symbol.
Shivpal Yadav had contested the assembly elections from Jaswantnagar seat of Etawah and won for the sixth time.
On Tuesday, he did not attend a meeting between Akhilesh Yadav and a SP ally in Lucknow, indicating tension in the opposition alliance.
There was a dispute between Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh since 2017 just before the state assembly elections.
Due to his estrangement, Shivpal Yadav started his party even before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The three other MLAs who took oath on Wednesday were Fateh Bahadur Singh from Caimpiyarganj (Gorakhpur), Surendra Maithani from Govindnagar (Kanpur) and Ashish Kumar Singh from Bilgram-Mallawa (Hardoi).