While SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is trying to remove the displeasure of senior party leader Azam Khan, on the other hand, there seems to be a rift in the SP alliance. In fact, Akhilesh Yadav has not given a single seat to his allies for the UP Legislative Council elections. This decision of the party has created a rift in the SP alliance. Allies allege that Azam Khan has influence on Akhilesh Yadav’s decisions.
Let us inform that the Mahan Dal of Keshav Dev Maurya has announced to break the alliance with SP. Keshav Dev said that Akhilesh Yadav does not need him. Along with breaking the alliance, he alleged that Akhilesh Yadav does not talk to me at all. He is sending those who pressurize him to the Rajya Sabha, the Legislative Council.
Let us inform that elections are to be held on 13 seats of the Legislative Council in UP. In which the BJP is expected to get nine and the SP four seats. On behalf of the SP, his allies were also contending for the Legislative Council. In this, Om Prakash Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party was also seeking MLC seat for his son from SP quota.
But the four SP candidates who filed their nominations on Wednesday include Swami Prasad Maurya and Jasmir Ansari, Mukul Yadav, son of former SP MLA Sobran Singh Yadav and Shahnawaz Khan Shabbu. It is believed that Shahnawaz Khan and Jasmir Ansari have been given tickets to remove the displeasure of Azam Khan. Both of them are said to be close to Azam Khan.
On the other hand, the allies of SP allege that due to Azam Khan, Akhilesh Yadav is not giving preference to the allies who work as Sanjeevani for the SP in the elections. “He (Akhilesh) is going after them (Muslims), but not seeing that the backward (Other Backward Classes, or OBCs) are more important,” SubhaSP general secretary Arun Rajbhar told The Indian Express on Wednesday.
He said, “All decisions are being taken on the basis of the instructions of the senior leader (Azam). If Akhilesh ji wants to continue the alliance then he has to decide whether he wants us or not. Because alliance means division. But the opposite is happening.”
Azam Khan’s influence on Akhilesh Yadav’s decisions: Let us inform that after Azam Khan’s release from jail, his influence is being considered in many decisions of Akhilesh Yadav. After his release, the SP announced that it would support former Congress leader Kapil Sibal in sending him to the Rajya Sabha. Significantly, Sibal was Azam Khan’s lawyer in the bail hearing of the Supreme Court. Party insiders said the decision to extend support to Sibal was taken following the advice of senior SP leader Azam Khan.
After this, the SP made Asim Raja, a confidante of Azam Khan, a candidate for the by-election to the Rampur Lok Sabha seat. This announcement was made not from Lucknow but from the SP office in Rampur. Apart from this, Azam’s interference in the election of some MLC candidates is being told. It stars Shahnawaz Khan, Jasmir Ansari. Jasmir is said to have helped Azam Khan in Sitapur district jail.