LUCKNOW : Samajwadi Party (SP) Founder now its mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday announced that Akhilesh Yadav will continue to be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh if his party wins Assembly Elections.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister further said that he will campaign for SP-Congress alliance. Earlier, Mulayam had told media that he would campaign for his younger brother Shivpal Yadav first. After that, he would go to seek votes for the candidates named by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Notably, Shivpal has been sidelined by his nephew Akhilesh. In a series of flip-flops ever since he was overthrown by Akhilesh, Mulayam has been making contradictory noises.

First, he said he asked his supporters to contest against Congress candidates in the 105 seats given to them according to the alliance conditions and had even threatened not to campaign for the Samajwadi Party and Congress candidates.

He, however, retreated and told reporters in Delhi later that Akhilesh was his son and that he had very little option but to canvass.Akhilesh was his son and that he had very little option but to canvass.
Shivpal, after filing his nomination in Jaswantnagar last week, had announced he would form a new party after March 11 when election results are declared.He has also been taking potshots at Akhilesh saying he got everything due to luck and legacy whereas people like him who slogged all through for the Samajwadi Party were given a raw deal.
Opposition parties including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been alleging that the family feud in the Yadav clan is a staged attempt to deflect people’s mind from lawlessness and corruption in the state.

Senior party leader Azam Khan, who had played a peacemaker between Mulayam and his son during the recent feud within the Yadav clan, on Thursday announced that the party patriarch would campaign for Akhilesh.
“Netaji (Mulayam) is the tallest leader of the SP and he will campaign for the party. He will address rallies and public meetings along with party chief Akhilesh Yadav,” Khan said, after his hour-long meeting with Mulayam at his residence here.

The party has ensured that Mulayam remains the central figure of the campaign. Posters released recently have big photographs of Mulayam with slogans like “Aapki cycle” and “Aapke Akhilesh” written on them
Instructions have been issued to party leaders to ensure Mulayam’s presence on publicity material of the candidates, and final touches are being given to the party manifesto which will feature a photograph of him. A joint campaign schedule by Mulayam and Akhilesh is being drawn up.
(With Agency inputs)

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