UP elections 2022: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav forms alliance with uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav's party
Lucknow: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav and announced an alliance with his Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia).
The duo had parted ways nearly almost five years. Following this, Shivpal Yadav was sacked as a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet in 2016. Sources in the Samajwadi Party said its founder Mulayam Singh Yadav was also present at Shivpal Yadav’s residence before Akhilesh Yadav reached there.
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Hundreds of supporters of the parties gathered outside Shivpal Yadav’s residence, raising the slogan of “Chacha-Bhatija zindabad”.[/caption]
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“Met national president of PSPL and finalised the alliance. The SP’s policy to take along regional parties is strengthening the party and taking the SP and its allies towards victory,” Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi after the meeting at his uncle’s residence. He also shared a photo with Shivpal Yadav.
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Hundreds of supporters of the parties gathered outside Shivpal Yadav’s residence, raising the slogan of “Chacha-Bhatija zindabad”.
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The coming together of the two before the UP Assembly elections in 2022 assumes political significance. Although Akhilesh Yadav has announced the coming together of the Samajwadi Party and the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party, there is no immediate word on seat-sharing arrangements between them. -PTC Newsप्रसपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष जी से मुलाक़ात हुई और गठबंधन की बात तय हुई। क्षेत्रीय दलों को साथ लेने की नीति सपा को निरंतर मजबूत कर रही है और सपा और अन्य सहयोगियों को ऐतिहासिक जीत की ओर ले जा रही है। #बाइस_में_बाइसिकल pic.twitter.com/x3k5wWX09A — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) December 16, 2021
