Akhilesh’s close friends also now feel that SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav could not handle the Ramcharit Manas case with ‘maturity’. In this matter, showing haste, Akhilesh has unnecessarily decided to fight with the forward castes of the state. SP spokesperson Richa Singh and Roli Tiwari Mishra, who lodged a quick protest against Swami Prasad Maurya’s controversial remarks on Ramcharit Manas, were expelled from the party by Akhilesh after the controversy, saying that ‘both these leaders are involved in anti-party activities’. In fact, Akhilesh was in London when Maurya made the statement regarding Manas, and though both Richa and Roli kept trying to contact Akhilesh, but they could not get in touch with the SP supremo. Exhausted, Richa Singh wrote a long message to Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav and told her that ‘you are also the daughter of a Kshatriya, how are you tolerating all this?’ Dimple took Richa and Roli’s words a little too seriously and called Akhilesh directly on the London phone and said, ‘What is all this going on in the party?’ After talking to Dimple, Akhilesh immediately called Richa and Roli and hurried from there, but both these leaders remained adamant on their words and said – ‘If we are not listened to, we will protest.’ On hearing this, Akhilesh got angry and at the same time showed both of them the door out of the party.