Open war in Yadav family, Still battling

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/New Delhi/ The ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh was still battling the raging crisis today in the wake of the open war in the first family with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav said to be showing no signs of relenting from their stand.

Backroom parleys were initiated as Samajwadi Party(SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is caught between his son and brother, stepped in to defuse the crisis meeting Shivpal, whose key portfolios were taken away by the chief minister that triggered the face-off.

The crisis showed no signs of ending but party sources said that the chief minister may be persuaded to relent on the issue of portfolios by returning the key departments. Meanwhile, the SP parliamentary board may be convened in the next two days to thrash out the problem that has dented the image of the party and the government ahead of the elections.

Shivpal, who is the younger brother of Mulayam, reached Delhi to meet the party chief at his official residence. In his over four-hour-long meeting, Shivpal explained that in the past four-and-a-half years, he has followed the party supremo’s directions despite having difference of opinion on certain issues. Mulayam is likely to reach Lucknow on Friday morning amid indications that he may have a one-on-one meeting with Akhilesh there.