Samajwadi Party splits: Shivpal Yadav floats new party with Mulayam as president
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Published: May 05, 2017, 01:49 IST | Updated: May 05, 2017, 01:49 IST
Samajwadi Party split
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The new party, which will be named ?'Samajwadi Secular Morcha', will be headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav
Samajwadi Pary leader Shivpal Yadav said that he is forming a new party, ANI reported.
The new party, called 'Samajwadi Secular Morcha', will be headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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The announcement comes in the wake of Samajwadi Party's huge defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The party was reduced to just 47 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly.
Before the elections, Akhilesh Yadav had dethroned party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as the Samajwadi Party president, a move which was backed by the Election Commission of India which considered him as the president.
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