Akhilesh vs Shivpal: No rift in SP, will fix if something is wrong, says Mulayam Singh on Yadav family feud

Finally breaking his silence on the ongoing feud in the Yadav family, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said that there was no ‘rift’ in the Uttar Pradesh's ruling party, sources said. He also said that even if anything is wrong within the party or the family, he is there to fix it.

Earlier on Thursday, Amid the raging Yadav family feud, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said that it was a wrong decision to remove Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the Uttar Pradesh SP chief. He said that Akhilesh should have asked to tender his resignation. He also stressed that there is no crisis or rift in Samajwadi Party.

Here is what all Ram Gopal Yadav said:

#We all have to remain united, it is election time and we have to form Govt again in 2017

#In what circumstances did he (CM) take this decision, we can't raise a question mark over that

#Decision of departments allocation is of the CM. It is his right

#Rahul Gandhi kuch bhi kahe hume comment nahi karna, jinki khatiya uth gayi ho unpe hum kya kahe?: Ramgopal Yadav

#There are some people who take advantage of Netaji's simplicity, and these people don’t have party's well-being in mind

#These are people who harm SP by taking advantage of Netaji's simplicity: R Yadav on UP CM's "bahri logh" comment

#They (Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Yadav) can have a meeting tomorrow or day after

#It’s natural for a CM of state to take some decisions on his own, some differences arise in minor point those can be resolved

#There is no crisis in SP at all, there is no "sankat" or rift. There was just a little misunderstanding, nothing else. I will meet UP CM, ask him what he meant about "bahri logh"

I am still part of Akhilesh cabinet in UP, will not resign, says Mulayam's brother Shivpal Yadav>

On Wednesday, Shivpal Yadav met elder brother and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at the latter's official residence in New Delhi. After meeting his brother, Shivpal said, "Neither I nor Netaji (Mulayam) is angry. We all are happy... There are no differences."

According to sources, Shivpal said in the meeting he gave examples of how as a senior minister in the Akhilesh government, he never publicly opposed the decisions taken by Akhilesh or Mulayam even though he may have expressed difference of opinion to them in private.

Shivpal denied rumour of his stepping down from the post. "I will fulfil my responsibility...I will not resign...I am still part of the cabinet," he said.