Samajwadi Party splits: Shivpal Yadav floats new party with Mulayam as president
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.
Neta ji ko unka sammaan vapas dilane, aur Samajawadion ko ek saath laane ke liye is morche ka jald hi ailaan hoga:Shivpal Yadav to ANI
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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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(WION with inputs from ANI)
