Now all is well in UP’s ‘First family’

TIL Desk/National/UP-Amid reports of differences between them, Shivpal Yadav, brother of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Friday met his nephew and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at his official residence to send out a message that all is well in the family.

The 90-minute meeting is being seen as an attempt at reconciliation between Shivpal, a Cabinet minister, and Akhilesh after intervention of the latter’s father Mulayam. Later talking to mediapersons at his residence, Shivpal denied any “differences” within the family.

“Where is it?…I can’t see. The family had met yesterday and is with each other today also. We (Akhilesh and Shivpal) were busy yesterday. So we sat together today,” he said when asked to comment on reports of differences. Shivpal had skipped a meeting of the state cabinet on Wednesday, adding fuel to speculation about his unhappiness, which was music to the ears of the opposition in view of the upcoming assembly elections.