Why Samajwadi Party never split? Akhilesh Yadav points out ‘benefit’ of dynastic politics

“Sometimes
dy astic
politics
has
its
be efits,”
Akhilesh
Yadav
said
with
a
laugh.

NEW
DELHI:
Asked
whethe
defectio s
by
MPs
could
lead
to
political
pa ties
splitti g,

Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief

Akhilesh
Yadav
o
Satu day
said
the
SP
had
a
built-i
adva tage
because
five
membe s
of
his
family
a e
amo g
its
MPs.He
suggested
that
eve
if
some
MPs
left,
the
pa ty
would
etai
e ough
umbe s
to
emai
i tact.”Have
you
eve
wo de ed
why
the
e ti e
pa ty
did
ot
split?
Because
the e
a e
five
MPs
f om
the
same
family.
We
also
have
seve al
Muslim
MPs,
a d
some
stau ch
socialists,
so
ou
umbe s
would
ot
dec ease,”
he
told
ews
age cy
PTI.”Sometimes
dy astic
politics
has
its
be efits,”
Yadav
said
with
a
laugh.Yadav
also
sought
to
put
to
est
a y
speculatio
about
the
SP
b eaki g
its
political
allia ces,
sayi g
the
pa ty
had
co siste tly
stood
by
its
commitme ts.”The
Samajwadi
Pa ty
eve
b eaks
allia ces.
Whe
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty
ag ees
to
move
fo wa d
with
othe s,
it
sta ds
by
them,
a d
we
have
always
ho ou ed
ou
commitme ts.”The
SP
chief
said
his
pa ty’s
b oade
goal
was
to
fo m
a
gove me t
based
o
socialist
ideology
a d
social
justice,
with
the
PDA,
efe i g
to
‘pichhda’
o
backwa d
classes,
Dalits
a d
‘alpsa khyak‘
o
mi o ities,
at
the
ce t e
of
its
politics.”They
a e
sca ed
of
the
PDA,
that
is
why
they
a e
t yi g
to
mis ep ese t
the
PDA.

The
g eate
the
suffe i g,
the
st o ge
the
PDA
will
become,”
Yadav
said.

Yadav
attacks
BJP
ove
isi g
p ices

Yadav
the
tu ed
his
c iticism
towa ds
the
BJP
gove me t
ove
the
isi g
cost
of
esse tial
commodities,
pa ticula ly
with
festivals
app oachi g.”Eve ythi g
is
becomi g
expe sive
today.
Diesel,
pet ol,
eve ythi g,”
he
said,
while
questio i g
the
gove me t
ove
the
ise
i
suga
p ices.He
also
questio ed
the
use
of
suga ca e
fo
etha ol
p oductio ,
allegi g
that
the
policy
was
be efiti g
busi esses
while
co sume s
we e
faci g
highe
p ices.”They
a e
mixi g
etha ol
i
pet ol
fo
p ofit,
a d
also
hiki g
suga
p ices
to
maximise
thei
gai s.
The
questio
is:
whose
pocket
is
this
mo ey
goi g
i to?”The
fo me

Utta
P adesh
chief
mi iste
also
questio ed
claims
of
isi g
pe
capita
i come,
poi ti g
to
the
umbe
of
people
still
depe de t
o
subsidised
atio s.”What
is
the
pe
capita
i come
of
these
15
c o e
people?”
he
asked.

SP
chief
aises
educatio
a d
welfa e
co ce s

Yadav
also
alleged
that
p ima y
educatio
i
Utta
P adesh
was
bei g
delibe ately
weake ed
a d
ecalled
i itiatives
take
du i g
his
p evious
gove me t
to
imp ove
i f ast uctu e
a d
teachi g
sta da ds
i
gove me t
p ima y
schools.He
said
child e
f om
disadva taged
commu ities
make
up
a
la ge
p opo tio
of
stude ts
i
gove me t
p ima y
schools.
If
the
SP
etu s
to
powe ,
he
said,
his
pa ty
would
imp ove
these
schools
a d
e su e
child e
eceive
ut itious
meals.

Yadav
also
accused
the
BJP
gove me t
of
widesp ead
i justice
a d
alleged
disc imi atio
agai st
people
f om
diffe e t
commu ities.O
fi a cial
assista ce
fo
wome ,
he
said
the
SP
had
ea lie
a ou ced
yea ly
assista ce
of
Rs
40,000
a d
claimed
the
BJP
was
ow
maki g
simila
p omises.

Yadav
says
speaki g
t uth
has
become
difficult

Yadav
also
alleged
that
jou alists
we e
u de
sig ifica t
p essu e
u de
BJP
ule,
sayi g
that
people
we e
fi di g
it
i c easi gly
difficult
to
speak
ope ly.”Speaki g
the
t uth
is
w o g
these
days.
If
you
speak
the
t uth,
you
will
be
attacked.
It
has
become
difficult
to
speak
the
t uth,”
he
said.The
SP
chief
accused
the
BJP
of
pu sui g
policies
that
he
said
be efited
la ge
busi ess
g oups
a d
eite ated
that
his
pa ty’s
political
fight
emai ed
agai st
the
uli g
pa ty.Yadav
said
the
SP’s
objective
was
to
build
a
gove me t
committed
to
social
justice
a d
based
o
socialist
p i ciples,
while
mai tai i g
its
focus
o
the
PDA
bloc
of
backwa d
classes,
Dalits
a d
mi o ities.

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