Mainpuri: The rift within the Samajwadi Party top leadership is wide open.
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Sunday threatened to resign.
While addressing a gathering in Mainpuri, Shivpal, who has been appointed as the state in charge of the party for the the high-voltage scheduled next year, said some leaders and officers were not listening to him, and if the trend continues, he would be forced to resign.
Shivpal Yadav, who is the uncle of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is reportedly upset, as some of the decisions in the party were taken without consulting him.
Reports had earlier emerged that Akhilesh Yadav is upset over Mukhtar Ansari's party merging with the SP.
Later Shivpal, younger brother of Mulayam Sing Yadav had told the press that Mukhtar Ansari, the don-turned-politician has not been inducted into the party.
Earlier, the powerful UP Minister had said that some MLAs and leaders of SP from eastern parts of the state were involved in "dalali" (brokering), instead of concentrating on the welfare of the people.
