No Rift, Not Seen Akhilesh Yadav For 3 Years: Samajwadi Leader Azam Khan
NDTV
"I have no complaints against him (Akhilesh Yadav). I am not unhappy and I can't afford to be unhappy. I am too small to advise Akhilesh Yadav," Azam Khan said
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has denied any fallout with party chief Akhilesh Yadav amid speculation of a rift between the two. Mr Khan had skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly session for two consecutive days last week, while Mr Yadav had attended it, leading to buzz of a rift.
"I have no complaints against him (Akhilesh Yadav). I am not unhappy and I can't afford to be unhappy. I am too small to advise Akhilesh Yadav," Mr Khan, in white medical pyjamas and a shirt, told NDTV at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital where he is admitted for routine check-ups.
Mr Khan, who spent 27 months in jail in an alleged cheating case, said he has had no contact with Mr Yadav all this time, and so the question of a rift doesn't arise. "We haven't crossed paths for more than three years," he said.
"I am not a neta (politician). I don't consider myself a Samajwadi Party leader. I have always been a party worker and will remain a party worker," said Mr Khan, who was released from UP's Sitapur jail on May 20 after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the alleged cheating case.
