lucknow has the saifai holi milan prepared the ground for a thaw between samjawadi party chief akhilesh yadav and his estranged uncle shivpal yadav in a strong signal of rapprochement between chacha and bhatija the sp has moved a formal petition before speaker hriday narayan dixit to withdraw an earlier application seeking shivpals disqualification from the house sources in the office of leader of opposition and senior sp leader ram govind chaudhary confirmed to toi that a petition in this regard has been moved since we are not able to submit certain documents before you regarding his disqualification we would not like to pursue the disqualification of shivpal yadav chaudharys letter to the speaker sayswhen toi contacted chaudhary he said we have submitted a petition before the speaker to rectify an error in the earlier application we will see in future whether it the earlier application has to be pursued or not the sp had earlier moved an application for shivpals disqualification last year after he formed his own party following two years of family feud that started in the middle of 2016 he had won from his traditional jaswantnagar seat in the 2017 assembly elections on an sp ticketshivpal akhilesh were seen at holi milan function in saifaithe first sign of thaw between akhilesh and shivpal was seen at the holi milan function in saifai early this month when they not only came together for the first time in four years to join the family celebration but also the former cm touched his uncles feet sp patron mulayam singh yadav and his cousin ram gopal yadav also joined the celebration it was the first complete family reunion in four yearsthe bickering in the family has cost the party dear and it has done misrably in both 2017 assembly and 2019 lok sabha elections shivpal contested the 2019 lok sabha polls under the banner of his own pragatisheel samajwadi party lohia pspl which couldnt open its accountsp submitted its petition for shivpals disqualification just after the lok sabha elections but the speaker has not been able to take any decision due to some procedural issues but after the supreme court recently directed the presiding officers of state assemblies to dispose pending petitions seeking disqualification of members within three months dixit was likely to act quickly on the sps petitionhowever the sp has made a uturn now a decision in this regard would be taken only after march 31 as the state assembly is closed due the lockdownwhile shivpal is likely to get a relief the fate of others against whom disqualification petitions have been moved is yet to be seen congress has moved petitions against rebel mlas aditi singh and rakesh singh while samwjadi party has moved another petition against nitin agarwal similar pleas from congress and bsp are pending in the legislative council against dinesh singh and nasimuddin siddiqui respectively