Hitting out at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the brazen killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in police custody, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Tuesday said the incident represented the failure of the state governmen
"How long will the food provider (farmer) remain in the queue, waiting for a better day! How long will the potato farmer remain helpless?" Shivpal Singh Yadav said.
The Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday met uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav at his residence raising the speculation that the latter would be given major responsibility in the party high.
MLA and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) chief Shivpal Yadav made major announcements on the Samajwadi Party's strategy for the upcoming civic elections, at Prayagraj on Tuesday.
In 2016, Akhilesh had shown the Samajwadi Party's exit door to his uncle Shivpal due to family disputes.
Shivpal later formed his own party Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya). However, the PSPL failed to win any seat in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Voting began at 7 am in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
A day ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) president Shivpal Singh Yadav on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sabotaging the Lok Sabha by-polls as drones are being used to monitor his party workers and his home.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav will turn old but will never get the power, Tourism and Culture Minister of Uttar Pradesh Jaiveer Singh said on Friday reacting to the former's alleged jibe at the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took a swipe at Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav and said that he has become "something like a football" getting "kicked by both teams".