Rebuffing all rumours of feuds within the Samajwadi Party as well as his family, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday told reporters in New Delhi that his son Akhilesh Yadav will be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh if his party wins the state assembly elections.
The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister further said that he will campaign for Samajwadi Party-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.
“Shivpal is not miffed...no one is upset. How can Shivpal make a new party without talking to me?” he said.
Opposition parties including 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.
(With inputs from ANI)
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