IANS/Lucknow
Two days before he becomes the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav has cracked the whip on overzealous party workers, hinting at a complete makeover of the Samajwadi party.
Akhilesh Yadav leaves parliament after the opening of the budget session in New Delhi yesterday
While suspending a party secretary, Rajeev Rai, and seeking an explanation on his “anti-party activities and overboard statements,” Yadav said only Rajendra Chowdhary was authorised to issue statements on behalf of the party.
This, close aides said, was necessitated after several activists had started speaking on behalf of the party and “had tried to project themselves as close to Akhilesh Yadav.”
With little administrative grinding in the past, Akhilesh is relying heavily on his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for selection of officers and “understanding the bureaucracy.”
A close aide of Mulayam Singh Yadav said a “process had begun to find good, bipartisan officials who will be posted at important posts other than party’s loyal officials.”
Akhilesh Yadav, before flying to New Delhi on economy class, ordered officials to remove the huge hoardings that had mushroomed in the state capital overnight.
The hoardings, congratulating Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav, was put up by party leaders and some contractors in a bid to project themselves as close to the young leader.