Amid the brewing crisis within the Samajwadi Party, supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday reprimanded his son and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, and backed Amar Singh and Shivpal Yadav.
"Amar has helped me a lot. If Amar were not there I would have been in jail, he is like my brother," Mulayam said, describing the Rajya Sabha member as his brother.
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A heated exchange between uncle-nephew duo ensued on stage after CM Akhilesh alleged that Amar Singh – a close confidant of Shivpal – got a story planted against him in a newspaper in which he was termed as “Aurangzeb”.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was to hold another meeting on Monday evening after repeated attempts to broker peace between the sparring uncle-nephew failed. However, rumours of a possible split in Samajwadi Party are also doing the rounds.
Here’s a look at possible implications if Samajwadi Party were to split:
Akhilesh Yadav: Combination of socialism backed by his youthful appeal, clean image and developmental credentials can work for him. A small section of Muslims too can vote for his party.
Mulayam Singh Yadav: Yadav votes can get divided between Akhilesh and Mulayam camps; Majority of Muslims may prefer Mayawati’s BSP over a weaker Mulayam as a challenge to the BJP.
BJP: Division of Yadav and Muslim votes could benefit the party.
BSP: Can see en masse transfer of Muslim votes with votes of other upper castes and backward castes as well who voted largely for SP in 2012.
Congress: May attract a small section of breakaway Muslim votes.
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