Friday evening Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal for weakening the party.
Today morning Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is meeting party lawmakers and supporters at his 5 Kalidas Marg residence in Lucknow.
Hundreds of party workers had gathered outside Akhilesh Yadav’s Lucknow residence on Friday night, raising slogans in his support.Sources said about 80 per cent of the Samajwadi party’s 224 lawmakers in the UP assembly support Akhilesh Yadav and are likely to turn up.
Samajwadi Party has been on a verge of a split for many months now owing to a bitter battle for control between the 43-year-old Chief Minister and his uncle Shivpal Yadav. Mulayam Singh has consistently sided with his brother often subjecting his son to humiliation with snubs delivered publicly.
