With the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Singh meeting the Azam Khan family, it has become clear that Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav wants to reach out to the disgruntled senior party leader who has been in jail for more than two years.
Though both the SP and the RLD refrained from making a statement and Mr Akhilesh Yadav told reporters at an event in Agra that he didn’t send Mr Singh, senior RLD sources admitted that Mr Singh did act like a mediator.
“He told Abdullah Azam to show patience,” said a senior RLD leader. An MLA from Suar seat in Rampur, Mr Abdullah is the political heir of Mr Khan who has been indisposed for almost a year. “The family is a little disturbed but we believe ultimately they will stay with the party,” he said.
