Talking to India TV, Shivpal Yadav said that he still hopes that in order to fight and defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in UP, his estranged nephew Akhilesh Yadav should join hands with him.
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) national president Shivpal Yadav kickstarted his campaign for the upcoming assembly polls with a 'rath yatra' in Vrindavan here on Tuesday.
Shivpal Yadav said that he would wait till October 11 to get a response from Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav after which he would decide his own course of action.
Shivpal Yadav said he will abide by whatever decision Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Yadav takes, but expressed doubt if Akhilesh will agree to it.
India TV Chunav Manch, is once again set up to talk about what can be the electoral equations in UP, what is the situation of parties in UP and many more.
Asaduddin Owaisi, who had already announced that his party AIMIM will contest on 100 seats, is looking for a strong partner in the state, as he does not have a big face in UP.
Surprisingly, the party patriarch, Mulayam Singh Yadav, stayed away form Holi celebration at his native village.
The video of a UP Police CO touching Shivpal Yadav's feet goes viral on social media. the video has caused a huge stir in the politics of Uttar Pradesh.
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) chief Shivpal Yadav on November19 indicated that he will forge an alliance with Samajwadi Party (SP) to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) president Shivpal Yadav on Thursday said it would be his "first priority" to have an alliance with the Samajwadi Party to defeat the BJP in the UP assembly election in 2022.
Replying to a question, Shivpal Singh Yadav said that everyone has seen the result of the SP-BSP alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. "We will now see the result of BJP-BSP alliance," he added.
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) President Shivpal Yadav on August 16 said that he is willing to sacrifice everything to unite again with Samjwadi leaders.
More than 24 hours after Shivpal Yadav put forward a proposal for unity on Mulayam Singh Yadav's birthday on November 22, Akhilesh Yadav has chosen to completely ignore the overture.
Both Samajwadi Party and the PSPL have faced a humiliating defeat in the recent Lok Sabha elections and there is pressure from their cadre to join hands. Relations between Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav have been under tremendous strain since 2016 and in 2018, Shivpal floated his own party, PSPL.
In a visible softening of stand, Shivpal Yadav, who heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PSP), has said that he is ready to forge an alliance with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which is slated to be held in 2022.
“We've decided to contest the 2022 elections. We've to strengthen the party so that in 2022 Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) forms a government on its own. Rumours are that there'll be merger, this should put an end to all that,” said Shivpal Yadav.
Shivpal Singh Yadav categorically said that he had no plans to merge his Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) into the Samajwadi Party.
Shivpal, who is contesting Lok Sabha polls from here, said people of Firozabad invited him and based on their interest decided to contest from the seat.
As part of the seat-sharing agreement, Apna Dal was allocated two parliamentary constituencies- Basti and Pilibhit.
Shivpal Yadav to contest 2019 LS election election from Firozabad
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