Akhilesh Yadav mock BJP over the election of a new head, Amit Shah Retorts with 'Dynastic' Jibe

April 02, 2025 03:41 PM IST SAMAJWADI Party Head Akhilesh Yadav confirmed his party’s position on the WAQF amendment bill and said they would oppose it. A war of words broke out in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill after the president of the Samajwadi party, Akhilesh Yadav, cheered at the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) about the delay of the election of a new president. SAMAJWADI PARTY MP Akhilesh Yadav speaks in the Lok Sabha. (PTI) “A party claiming to be the largest political party in the world has not yet been able to elect his own national president,” Yadav said in the Lok Sabha. In response, Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah took a ‘dynastic politics’ -Jibe from former Uttar Pradesh minister. “Akhilesh Ji made his comment with a smile, so I will respond in the same way. The parties sitting across from us in this house have all national presidents chosen from just five family members. But in our party we have to perform a process with 12-13 crore members, so of course it takes time. In your party there is not at all,” Shah said. Read also | WAQF Amendment Bill: BJP’s only goal is to get votes, says Akhilesh Yadav JP Nadda was appointed acting national president of the BJP on June 17, 2019 after the Lok Sabha election was held that year. He remained in this role until January 20, 2020. On January 20, 2020, Nadda was formally elected as the 11th national president of the party and has since held this position. Akhilesh Yadav on Waqf Amendment Bill, which spoke in parliament today, confirmed Yadav’s position on the Waqf Amendment Bill and said they would oppose it. The SP chief said the BJP attempts to maintain administrative control and make such changes for this goal. Read also | Yogi Adityanth on the allegation of Akhilesh Yadav: ‘We have SP’s cow smuggler, butcher friends to Jahannum’ Yadav, ‘brought the Waqf Amendment Bill to take control of everything. The country saw how administrative errors created between Hindus and Muslims. One wrong administrative decision has a split and then visible. They will make all the decisions in their favor. GST implemented and claims to benefit businesses, but now business people are not satisfied with GST. They have introduced demonetization, but black money is still recovered. All the decisions of the BJP were wrong, and these decisions are politically motivated, and aim exclusively to get votes, ‘he added.