Only those who have families can understand their pain: Akhilesh Yadav

BJP has alleged that SP only stood for Yadav clan and indulged in dynasticism

Only those who have families can understand their pain, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday as he offered a response to the BJP’s jibes that his party only stood for the Yadav clan and indulged in dynasticism.

“Those in power keeping harping about ‘parivarvad’ and ‘parivar’ (dynasticism and family). Only those who have families can understand their pain. Those who do not have families, cannot understand the pain of families,” he said at a rally in Lalitpur.

Leading his poll yatra in the drought-prone region of Bundelkhand, Mr. Yadav also took personal potshots at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, asking the crowd if the latter deserved the tag of ‘yogi’. Apart from being a politician, a former multiple-time Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur, the saffron-clad Mr. Adityanath is also the head priest of the Gorakhnath temple in Purvanchal city.