Samajwadi Party: Akhilesh meets Mulayam as fight over party symbol escalates

With the two factions of the Samajwadi Party standing at the doors of Election Commission, Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the party’s incumbent president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday arrived at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow. Mulayam Singh had just returned from the national capital, where he met with EC officials to stake claim on the party’s electoral symbol – cycle – and met suspended party leader and close aide Amar Singh on Monday.