VARANASI: Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief OP Rajbhar took a jibe at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for fielding Yadavs in five parliamentary constituencies solely from his family and for ignoring Muslim candidates in seats where their vote share is very high.
Rajbhar, who was in Mau to monitor the campaigning of his son Arvind Rajbhar contesting from Ghosi seat as an NDA candidate, targeted Akhilesh and questioned, "Khali Saifai parivar ke paanch. To baki ke Yadav kya khali baja bajane ke liye hai?" (Only five from the Saifai's Yadav family. Are the rest of Yadavs left to merely beat drums?) He also taunted Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav for fielding only Yadav candidates from his family and said, "Modi ji (PM Narendra Modi) accurately points out that they are in politics to protect their families only."
Rajbhar not only criticised Akhilesh for ignoring Yadavs from other families and places to field them on SP tickets but also targeted him for sidelining other OBC leaders. "We were driven out initially," said Rajbhar, mentioning that after him, Jayant Chaudhary of RLD, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Pallavi Patel of Apna Dal (Kameravadi), Swami Prasad Maurya, and other OBC leaders were forced to explore other options by Akhilesh.
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