Samajwadi Party crisis boils over: Akhilesh Yadav is new party chief, Mulayam Singh expels Ramgopal

The crisis within the Samajwadi Party refused to die down as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was on Sunday crowned as the party chief, a position that has been held by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav for decades.

At the party’s national executive Party meeting convened by national general secretary Ramgopal Yadav today, party leaders unanimously elected Akhilesh to lead Samajwadi Party.

The decision was termed as “unconstitutional” by Mulayam and has once again expelled Ramgopal from the party for six years. Party vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda and state general secretary Naresh Agarwal were also expelled for attending the meeting.