SP leader Ramjilal Suman upset over Rajya Sabha nominations

With the release of Samajwadi Part's list of Rajya Sabha nominations, the list of dissenters in the party is growing. Another name added to the list, after Azam Khan and Ramgopal Yadav, is Ramji Lal Suman.

Suman was hopeful of being nominated for a seat in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. His son, who also is a member of the party was unable to make it.

Suman represented the party in the 2014 parliamentary elections from Hathras district, but faced defeat.

RAMJI LAL SUMAN'S POLITICAL CAREER

Ramji Lal Suman started his career as a student politician in Agra and was among the founders of the Samajwadi Party. He also served as Social Welfare Minister in the Chandra Shekhar's cabinet at the Centre. However, currentley serving as the national general secretary of Samajwadi Party, Suman seems to have lost respect in Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's eyes. Yadav is said to have publicly berated Suman and his government from time to time.

Suman's supporters in Agra are disappointed with the fact that party president Mulayam Singh Yadav embraced his onetime sworn enemies Beni Prasad Verma and Amar Singh and sent them to the Rajya Sabha, but forgot to acknowledge the lifetime of services rendered by Ramjilal Suman.

PARTY MEMBER'S REACT

While Suman refused to comment on the issue, his close confidant told India Today that he was disappointed for being neglected by the party in and is now contemplating his next course of action.

A local Samajwadi Party leader claimed that the party does not need leaders like Suman who were too free-handed when it came to doling out criticisms on how the party was functioning.

"These are the times for "yes-men" and "nay-sayers" won't be tolerated at this juncture, when the party is struggling to establish the second line of leadership after Mulayam Singh Yadav," he said.

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