UP Polls | Wasn’t Loyal To His Father Like ‘Aurangzeb’: MP CM Chouhan Taunts Akhilesh Yadav

Chouhan was referring to Akhilesh’s dispute with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav over the Samajwadi Party’s control ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (File Photo)

New Delhi: Taking a dig at Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday compared him to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

“Akhilesh is today’s Aurangzeb. One who wasn’t loyal to his father, how will he be loyal to you? Mulayam Singh (Yadav) himself said so,” he said at a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria, ANI reported.

Chouhan was referring to Akhilesh’s dispute with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav over the Samajwadi Party’s control ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

“Aurangzeb jailed his father, killed his brothers. Mulayam ji says no one has humiliated him the way Akhilesh did,” he added justifying his assertion.

The Samajwadi Party witnessed a rift earlier in 2016 over deciding who would head the party and a tussle had followed over keeping the party's election symbol.

Akhilesh Yadav, who was the state’s chief minister till 2017, ultimately became the party president.

Earlier this evening, polling in 59 assembly constituencies spread over 16 districts, including Hathras, Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj), Etah, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur, for the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ended.

During the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP bagged 49 out of the 59 seats, while the Samajwadi Party won eight and the Congress and former chief minister Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got one seat each.

Voting for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is being held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7.

The counting of votes will be held on March 10.