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Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav is now embracing kar sewaks accused in demolition of the Babri structure. While three of the 26 8216;8216;ordinary8221; kar sewaks accused in the case have already joined the Samajwadi Party, at least six others are likely to follow shortly.
8216;8216;We were left with no option. The VHP neglected us after we served the Sangh Parivar8217;s purpose of demolishing the Babri mosque. All of us had been feeling frustrated for a long time, and had been finding ways to survive in politics. The CM has extended us a helping hand. There are six others who will join the Samajwadi Party soon,8221; Santosh Dubey, an accused in the demolition, told The Indian Express.
Yadav8217;s decision to take in kar sewaks has baffled the minority community members. 8216;8216;It is surprising that Mulayam 8212; who claimed that Ayodhya mein parinda bhi par nahin mar sakta during 1989 kar sewa 8212; has been inducting kar sewaks into his party. His decision will not go well with minority community members,8221; said Zafaryab Zilani, a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
8216;8216;Mulayam is trying to win hearts of Brahmins by opening his party for the likes of Santosh Dubey and Pawan Pandey. He is trying to work out a Brahmin-Yadav formula to ensure victory to his nominee in the bypolls in Akbarpur on December 20 but he won8217;t get success as Akbarpur is a BSP stronghold,8221; said BSP legislature party leader Swami Prasad Maurya.
