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Shivpal Yadav writes to Obama; irks activist,
opposition
Wednesday May 01, 2013 05:30:02 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
minister Shivpal Singh Yadav's letter to US President Barack Obama
on cabinet colleague Azam Khan being detained at Boston airport
has triggered a controversy with opposition parties and civil
society activists terming it objectionable.
In a petition sent to Governor B.L. Joshi, activist Urvashi Sharma
termed the letter written by the Public Works Department (PWD)
minister as unconstitutional and against diplomatic norms under
which external affairs is a central not a state subject.
"This is highly objectionable and cannot be wished away," Sharma
told IANS.
"No leader from any state can directly address the head of any
other state like this."
Leaders cutting across party lines also come down heavily on
Shivpal Yadav.
"This government and its ministers are known for their illegal and
anti-constitutional acts so the letter written by Shivpal Singh
Yadav comes as no surprise," said senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui.
Congress spokesperson Virendra Madan was equally critical and
accused leaders of the state's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) of
"making a joke of their US visit".
"This is very sad for the state that they were represented by
people who have made the state a laughing stock," he said.
"The aborted Harvard trip of the UP chief minister and his team
has become a comedy of errors, thanks to people like Azam Khan and
Shivpal Yadav," added Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson
Vijay Bahadur Pathak.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav led a delegation of officials and
ministers to Harvard Business School for a lecture on the
successful management of the Kumbh Mela. However, the chief
minister boycotted the lecture after Azam Khan was detained.
Fighting off the criticism, Ram Asrey Kushwaha, SP national
general secretary, said that as a cabinet minister of a state as
important as Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav was "well within his
rights to write a letter to the US president".
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