Shivpal, Maurya get key roles in SP national executive
Shivpal, who also is Akhilesh’s uncle, after a long separation from the party (since 2017), reunited politically with Akhilesh during the recent Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypolls which Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav won
Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared its national executive with party chief Akhilesh Yadav as the national president and Shivpal Yadav being made as the national general secretary along with Swami Prasad Maurya.
Akhilesh dissolved the national and state executive after it listed Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha polls last year.
Maurya joined the SP after quitting ministership in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government ahead of the 2022 UP assembly polls.
Shivpal, who also is Akhilesh’s uncle, after a long separation from the party (since 2017), reunited politically with Akhilesh during the recent Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypolls which Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav won.
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The seat fell vacant after the party founder and patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s death.
The party declared its 62-member national executive and released the list on its Twitter handle on Sunday. The others in the list include Kiranmoy Nanda as national vice president and Ram Gopal Yadan as chief national general secretary. Among the 14 national general secretaries, prominent ones include Mohammed Azam Khan, Shivpal Yadav, Swami Prasad Maurya, Lalji Verma, and Ramachandran Rajbhar. Sudip Ranjan Sen from Kolkata was made the national treasurer.