Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday sacked 36 party leaders with minister of state ranks in view of the poor performance in the Lok Sabha poll. Akhilesh said that his party was only able to win five seats because the party failed to communicate its achievements to the public.
The move came a day after the Samajwadi Party held a party meeting to take stock of their poor poll performance in Uttar Pradesh.
SP sources said six leaders from the minority community were among those who got the axe. As the political fallout of the resouding BJP win in UP spread, the sources said some cabinet and state ministers may be also sacked.
Amid demands for his resignation, Akhilesh, however, indicated that he was in no mood to quit and said reasons behind SP's poor show were being reviewed. He was speaking after presiding over the first state Cabinet meeting in the aftermath of the poll results.
Prominent among those who have been removed are Narendra Bhati and Surendra Mohan Agarwal, who lost in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Kanpur seats respectively, RLD turncoat Anuradha Chowdhury, traders' body leader Sandeep Bansal, ex-Agra Mayor Anjula Mahaur, Surabhi Shukla, Ranjana Bajpai, KC Pandey, Kamlesh Pathak, Ashu Malik, Satish Dixit and Manoj Rai.
Those from the minority community included Anis Mansori, Mohammad Abbas, Iqbal Ali, Haji Iqram and Kamruddin, the sources added.
Raja Chaturvedi and Ram Singh Rana, former student leaders, were also sacked.
In 2009 general elections, the party won 23 seats in the state.
(With additional information from PTI)
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