Addressing the SP chief, he said, “It is a different matter that you (Akhilesh) have cheated your uncle again. Poor uncle has to bear this because the nephew is always scared of him".
The latest announcement brings the total number of SP candidates to 32 in the three lists released so far.
Claiming that Mulayam deserved such big award, Shivpal , younger brother of Mulayam, said, "Netaji had always raised the voice of the farmers, poor and youth of the country as well as the state.
Asked whether he would give respect to his uncle, Akhilesh Yadav said that Shivpal Yadav would get full respect in the alliance.
Akhilesh Yadav and Prof Ram Gopal Yadav were arrested have been arrested for violation of Section 144 in Lucknow when they were staging dharna in front of the Samajwadi Party office after being denied permission to go to Lakhimpur.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar, and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar met Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Yadav, late on Wednesday night, to formalize an alliance for the UP Assembly election.
He also warned that the BJP and its affiliates should not do anything that threatened the communal fabric and lead to riots and violence.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday celebrated the 80th birthday of party founder and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Shivpal Yadav has also announced his intention to field 80 candidates in the 2019 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Samajwadi Secular Morcha (SSM) has been formed to give a platform to those who have been ignored, former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Yadav said at a public meeting in Budhana town of district Muzaffarnagar on Friday evening.
