Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, despite the recent truce in the party, came forward and bravely asserted that the Samajwadi Pariwar is united to face all challenges.

The Chief Minister said, “Samajwadi Pariwar is as united as it was before and, in days to come, the challenges before the state and the government, as communal forces (which) want to make an entry somehow, will be faced unitedly.”

Akhilesh Yadav was speaking with the reporters a day after his uncle Shivpal, with whom he was indulged in a turf war, expelled seven party functionaries, including three MLCs, considered close to him.

The cabinet meeting which was chaired by the UP CM, is the first after a week-long crisis in the Yadav family which saw the feud between the factions led by Shivpal and his nephew Akhilesh coming out in open.

“The Samajwadi Pariwar will together work to ensure that Samajwadi government returns to power and takes the state in the direction of development and prosperity,” the CM said.

Taking on the feud between the party, Akhilesh Yadav said that he wanted to tell all leaders, office bearers and others that, “there are no problems in the party”.

Earlier, after the Shivpal, who has been made the party’s state chief by the party supremo Mulayam SIngh Yadav instead of Akhilesh Yadav on Monday, and Shivpal expelled MLCs close to Akhilesh, many party members opposed the move claiming that ‘Akhilesh’ is their undisputed leader.

The two youths of party’s student wing, SP Chatra Sabha, even climbed atop to a TV transmission tower in the city to protest the mass sacking. Some supporters of Akhilesh Yadav in the party even wrote resignation letters in their blood, reports said.

By Prajakt K.