Etawah: Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Wednesday responded to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's remarks that "why the BJP was delaying his induction", Shivpal termed the statement as 'irresponsible and childish'. He further added that, if Akhilesh wanted him to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) then he should expel him from the party.
"It's an irresponsible and childish statement. I'm one of 111 MLAs of SP who won in recent assembly elections. If he wants to send me to BJP, then he should expel me from the party," said Shivpal Yadav.
Shivpal, who is also uncle to Akhilesh further alleged his own party for not making any efforts for the party's senior leader Azam Khan, who is currently lodged in jail. Azam Khan is a 10-time and the senior-most MLA in the party. He remained a member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. If the Samajwadi Party had staged a protest in Lok Sabha demanding the release of Azam Khan, then PM Modi had certainly have given some thought to it. But nothing like this seems to happen.
When asked about his next move by reporters, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party chief said that "as of now, there was no decision on it, When the right time comes, I will definitely tell everyone about it,” he said.