A program was organised at YMCA Ground on Sunday to felicitate the newly elected Samajwadi MLA, Rais Shaikh, from Bhiwandi constituency.
The scenario at the felicitation event was peculiar as many SP and Congress leaders like Yusuf Abrahni, Ayub Piyan, Nizamuddin Rayen, were present along with a huge crowd, but Abu Asim Azmi, the Maharashtra State President of Samajwadi Party was nowhere to be seen. Ironically he was not invited for the event.
From the podium, Rais Shaikh thanked everyone, ranging from Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav, party workers, cadres for his thumping victory. He, however, didn’t utter Asim’s name throughout his thanksgiving speech.
This gesture of Rais spoke volume.
Not summoning the state chief and not even mentioning him in the thanksgiving speech, even once, is not a pretty thing which could be ignored – ye jo public hai ye sab jaanti hai.