Samajwadi Party Cycle Dispute

The Election Commission is likely to give today an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with the option of freezing the symbol 'cycle' most likely to be exercised.

The bitter dispute over control within the first family of Samajwadi Party sees no end in sight as the Election Commission today reserved its order on allotting the party's symbol, which has been claimed by both party supremo Mulayam Yadav and son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Mulayam Singh Yadav has reached the office of the Election Commission in Delhi to personally explain why he should be granted the Samajwadi Party's "cycle" symbol for next month's Uttar Pradesh elections. He has been challenged for both the symbol and the post of Samajwadi Party president by his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who claims ...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

The Election Commission is likely to give today an interim order on the dispute in the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, with the option of freezing the symbol 'cycle' most likely to be exercised.

The bitter dispute over control within the first family of Samajwadi Party sees no end in sight as the Election Commission today reserved its order on allotting the party's symbol, which has been claimed by both party supremo Mulayam Yadav and son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Mulayam Singh Yadav has reached the office of the Election Commission in Delhi to personally explain why he should be granted the Samajwadi Party's "cycle" symbol for next month's Uttar Pradesh elections. He has been challenged for both the symbol and the post of Samajwadi Party president by his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who claims ...

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...