Shivpal-akhilesh Feud

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and estranged father Mulayam Singh have been told that they have till Monday to explain why they are entitled to their party's symbol of the cycle. The Yadavs have placed the Samajwadi Party precariously close to splitting as Uttar Pradesh sets up for the election which begins on February 11.

Akhilesh Yadav has over 200 lawmakers on his side, his supporters said today after a meeting in which the Chief Minister reportedly told them that in the massive fight for control of the Samajwadi Party, the party's "cycle" symbol will be theirs. Akhilesh Yadav's father Mulayam Singh Yadav pressed on with his own efforts to assert his claim over th...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's faction is likely to stake claim to the party's election symbol after his coup at the Lucknow convention, where he was named the chief of Samajwadi Party by 5,000 supporters in place of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sources said his supporters would meet the Election Commission on Monday - three days ...

At a meeting of about 5000 Samajwadi Party leaders and workers at a big public ground in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav staged a coup on Sunday morning, with his supporters declaring him party chief in place of his father Mulayam Singh. Minutes before, Mulayam Singh had declared the meet illegal and warned of strict action ag...

Several lawmakers from the Samajwadi Party who have not been named as party candidates this time, today said they will contest the Uttar Pradesh elections, signaling a revolt that the state's ruling party can ill-afford. These lawmakers are close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and were emerging from a meeting at his Lucknow residence on Thursday ...

Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. This evening, when Shivpal arrived at his house after a day of unprecedented feuding, Akhilesh refused to meet him.

As Akhilesh Yadav battles one uncle, another has thrown his weight behind the 43-year-old Uttar Pradesh chief minister in the Yadav vs Yadav family war now playing out in public.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and estranged father Mulayam Singh have been told that they have till Monday to explain why they are entitled to their party's symbol of the cycle. The Yadavs have placed the Samajwadi Party precariously close to splitting as Uttar Pradesh sets up for the election which begins on February 11.

Akhilesh Yadav has over 200 lawmakers on his side, his supporters said today after a meeting in which the Chief Minister reportedly told them that in the massive fight for control of the Samajwadi Party, the party's "cycle" symbol will be theirs. Akhilesh Yadav's father Mulayam Singh Yadav pressed on with his own efforts to assert his claim over th...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's faction is likely to stake claim to the party's election symbol after his coup at the Lucknow convention, where he was named the chief of Samajwadi Party by 5,000 supporters in place of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sources said his supporters would meet the Election Commission on Monday - three days ...

At a meeting of about 5000 Samajwadi Party leaders and workers at a big public ground in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav staged a coup on Sunday morning, with his supporters declaring him party chief in place of his father Mulayam Singh. Minutes before, Mulayam Singh had declared the meet illegal and warned of strict action ag...

Several lawmakers from the Samajwadi Party who have not been named as party candidates this time, today said they will contest the Uttar Pradesh elections, signaling a revolt that the state's ruling party can ill-afford. These lawmakers are close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and were emerging from a meeting at his Lucknow residence on Thursday ...

Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. This evening, when Shivpal arrived at his house after a day of unprecedented feuding, Akhilesh refused to meet him.

As Akhilesh Yadav battles one uncle, another has thrown his weight behind the 43-year-old Uttar Pradesh chief minister in the Yadav vs Yadav family war now playing out in public.