Ram Gopal Yadav, sacked from Samajwadi Party in Yadav feud, taken back

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 17, 2016: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav was reinstated in the party by his elder brother and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday several weeks after he was expelled in the midst of a bitter feud between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal.​

Ram Gopal Yadav will continue to perform his duties as Samajwadi party general secretary and its spokesperson and will be a part of the party’s Central Parliamentary board, said a press release issued by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Speaking to reporters, an elated Ram Gopal Yadav today said that he was very happy with the decision taken by Mulayam Singh who is mostly referred to as Netaji by his suporters.

I was always with the party. My re-into the party has been possible due to Netaji. He was never against me, said Ram Gopal Yadav.

Speaking on his expulsion, he said, ’’I was always a part of the party and the Yadav family. I was just technically out of the party for some time, he added.

Ram Gopal Yadav was expelled by SP’s Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal Yadav in September from the party, along with Arvind Pratap Yadav and Akhilesh Kumar Yadav (who is also Ram Gopal’s nephew).

Both are apparently close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The action against Ram Gopal Yadav was taken since he had sided with his nephew Akhilesh when the young UP chief minister was locked in a bitter power struggle with his uncle Shinpal.

Ram Gopal Yadav had also openly criticised the removal of Akhilesh Yadav as the state party chief when he was replaced by his uncle Shivpal Yadav.