"Like Aurangzeb, Disloyal To Father": Shivraj Chouhan Jabs Akhilesh Yadav
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In a swipe at Akhilesh Yadav, Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked voters whether they can trust someone "who wasn't loyal to his father"
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tore into Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today, comparing him to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. #WATCH Akhilesh is today's Aurangzeb. One who wasn't (loyal) to his father, how will he be(loyal)to you. Mulayam Singh himself said so...Aurangzeb jailed his father,killed his brothers. Mulayam Ji says no one has humiliated him the way Akhilesh did: MP CM SS Chouhan in Deoria, UP pic.twitter.com/XzGgfBTmfj
At a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria, Mr Chouhan asked voters whether they can trust someone "who wasn't loyal to his father", alluding to Mr Yadav's fight with his father Mulayam Singh Yadav over control of the Samajwadi Party ahead of the UP elections in 2017.
The Yadavs in 2016 had a rift over deciding who would head the party and a tussle had followed over keeping the party's election symbol. Akhilesh Yadav, who was Chief Minister till 2017, eventually became the party chief.
"Akhilesh is today's Aurangzeb. One who wasn't loyal to his father, how will he be loyal to you? Mulayam Singh himself said so," Mr Chouhan said at the rally in UP, where voting for the third phase was held today.
