Latest reports suggest that the rift within the Samajwadi Party (SP) is widening by the day. In a fresh twist to the ongoing turf battle, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote a letter to his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday informing him that he would be setting out on the campaign trail from 3 November.
This move would also mean Akhilesh will most likely skip the party's silver jubilee celebrations slated to begin two days later.
In a one-page letter, copies of which were also sent to the SP national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav and state unit chief Shivpal Singh Yadav, Akhilesh said that already a lot of time has been lost due to “some reasons.”
He further added the party can ill-afford to further delay its poll campaign for the state assembly elections scheduled for early next year saying all political parties have already started their campaign for the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The letter wrongly mentions that 3 November falls on a Friday instead of Thursday.