A lot is being heard about Akhilesh Babu. He might start a new party, he might joine the Congres to fight the elections so on and so forth. He has moved our of his fathers house, he has hired a new campaign expert .Now lets wait and see what will Akhilesh do for his future after facing some drubbing from his father.
Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, has already faced too many twists and turns in wake of the recent generational war within his family and government, looks ready for another adventure at the next turn: He might break away from his party and fight the coming election in alliance with Rahul Gandhi’s Congress. Some regional papers have reported that he is opting for starting a new political party just before the elections. This could be a remote idea.
CM Akhilesh Singh Yadav (left) with father Mulayam. PTI
If he joins Congress, be prepared to witness an exhilarating electoral spectacle this time. Opposition parties would stand confused, not knowing who to target for attacks – Akhilesh’s governance or Mulayam’s vote-bank politics. All existing political apple carts would turn upside down. And the speechwriters of different political parties will have a tough time finding fresh content.
Akhilesh has generally been adopting a softer than usual attitude towards Rahul Gandhi of late. But on 10 October, when he lent his support to the latter’s “khoon ki dalali” remark, it was perhaps natural that a lot of eyebrows were raised.
Commenting about Rahul, he said: “Bayaan diya hai to soch samajh ke diya hoga. Uske peechey unko jaankari zaroor hogi .He must have strong reasons to make the statement, and he must be in the know of things.” What was even more significant was that the chief minister made it a point to say that he enjoyed “good relationship” with the Gandhis.
Akhilesh has now moved out of his father’s house. He has got for himself a new address on the same Vikramaditya Marg. It’s a huge development.
Team Akhilesh now operates from a separate “war room”, not too far away from the CM House. It’s significant that this war room has nothing to do with the official bungalow that houses the Samajwadi Party office.
