Lucknow, October 24: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he would not form a “new party” and would remain with Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“People are saying a new party will be formed. Who is forming this new party? I am not,” Akhilesh said, while addressing the party supporters at the SP headquarters.
“If Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) had asked me to resign I would have resigned,” he said.He accused people of creating confusion among the senior leadership.
The Chief Minister assured that if someone was conspiring against the party or the party chief then he would initiate action against him.In an emotional speech, Akhilesh mentioned how he had kept the promises made by Mulayam
Singh, his father, by completing all projects on time.Earlier on Sunday, in dramatic events in the ruling SP, Akhilesh had ousted his uncle Shivpal Yadav and three others from the government, while the party brass retaliated by sacking SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav for six years. IANS