Live blog and updates: Election Commission decision on Samajwadi Party cycle symbol

With the Uttar Pradesh elections hovering above their heads, the disputing factions of the Samajwadi Party are to approach the Election Commission on Friday over the decision of who ends up with the party symbol. According to reports, the Election Commission is to hear the claims of both the sides over the party symbol; the cycle. Candidates from both, Mulayam and Akhilesh camps cannot fight the election on ‘cycle’ symbol at the same time, therefore, the EC will have to take a call on the issue before the filing of nominations begins. The Samajwadi Party in-fight refuses to subside, as the current stalemate between Akhilesh and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav over the post of the party president, failed to reach a conclusion.