EC to give verdict in Samajwadi Party symbol case

Election Commission will decide which group will get the 'cycle' as party symbol. Stay with us for live updates:

11:24 (IST) Oct 23

TOI reporter Subhash Mishra says signature campaign may take place in favour of Akhilesh Yadav today.

11:22 (IST) Oct 23

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav meets Mulayam Singh before meet at his residence.

10:53 (IST) Oct 23

Ram Gopal Yadav says Chief Minister Akhilesh will be 'victorius'

"Those who oppose Akhilesh won't be able to show their faces in the legislative assembly. Where Akhilesh is, victory follows," Ram Gopal said in a letter released to party workers today, ahead of a meeting of lawmakers called by the UP CM later today.

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10:51 (IST) Oct 23

Uttar Pradesh: CM Akhilesh Yadav reaches party office in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/3Zzghg6ATZ
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 23, 2016

10:50 (IST) Oct 23

Senior SP leaders Rewati Raman Singh, Naresh Agarwal and Mata Prasad Pandey reach Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence in UP: ANI

10:09 (IST) Oct 23

Mumbai: Samajwadi Party general Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav evades media when questioned about his letter to party workers. pic.twitter.com/Q3asVqavCv
— ANI (@ANI_news) October 23, 2016

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08:34 (IST) Oct 23

SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav fires another letter challenging Mulayam Singh and Shivpal Yadav. In this letter, he states that those with Akhilesh will win and those with Shivpal will lose.

Reports TOI's Subhash Mishra

08:30 (IST) Oct 23

SP crisis deepens, bid to broker truce fails, next 48 hours crucial

The next 48 hours are likely to rock the Samajwadi Party and may change the course of Uttar Pradesh politics ahead of the ensuing assembly polls.<br /> <br /> Efforts by a team of SP elders to broker a truce between father and son — and prevent a possible split ahead of the elections — went in vain. But what sent political temperatures soaring was the expulsion of Akhilesh loyalist Udayveer Singh and appointment of new office-bearers to various SP wings to replace those expelled by Mulayam last month.

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