Should not Have Reversed Mayawati’s Choice: Akhilesh Yadav On Raja Bhaiyya – News18

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Yadav was referring to the Mayawati authorities’s motion in opposition to Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh Raja Bhaiyya throughout her earlier regimes when he was jailed and his belongings seized
The newest set off got here on Tuesday.
A political slight isn’t forgotten. Samajwadi Celebration (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav made that evident when on Tuesday he regretted overturning Mayawati’s choice.
He was referring to the Mayawati authorities’s motion in opposition to Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh ‘Raja Bhaiyya’ throughout her earlier regimes when he was jailed and his household belongings seized.
The newest set off got here when Yadav was requested about police motion in opposition to his get together employee Gulshan Yadav.
Gulshan was earlier an in depth aide of Raja Bhaiyya, however after a bitter fallout, contested the 2022 meeting in opposition to him. Gulshan was the SP candidate and Bhaiyya contested from his personal political outfit, Jansatta Dal, supported by the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).
Though Gulshan misplaced, Raja Bhaiyya’s victory margin was diminished.
“Have a look at the timeline of instances being lodged in opposition to Gulshan Yadav. Since when did they begin getting registered and who’s behind them,” Yadav mentioned, with out taking Raja Bhaiyya’s identify.
He mentioned that Gulshan was being focused as a result of he put up a very good battle in opposition to Raja Bhaiyya throughout elections.
“Gulshan Yadav is being focused politically and his monetary belongings are additionally being seized. We’re with him and likewise offering authorized assist to him,” Yadav mentioned.
He then mentioned that Raja Bhaiyya will quickly lose elections and he regretted undoing Mayawati’s motion. “The earlier BSP governments had taken some steps in opposition to him. We should always not have reversed them,” he mentioned.
Yadav had a bitter fallout with Raja Bhaiyya within the run-up to the 2008 Rajya Sabha polls, when he, then an unbiased MLA, turned up at a cocktail party hosted by the SP and pledged assist to Yadav. The subsequent day, nonetheless, he introduced assist for the BJP.
That triggered a bitter fallout and later Yadav dubbed Raja Bhaiyya as a gangster and through an election rally famously mentioned, “Folks of Kunda constituency will put a kundi (latch) on the rival candidate”.
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