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The issues behind the Samajwadi Party power struggle are not limited to the chief ministerial candidate for the 2017 polls, but the role of outsiders in party affairs, ticket distribution and control over the party. Here is a timeline of the major events that marked the feud.
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August 14
Shivpal Yadav threatens to resign, saying that there was an increase in land grab cases in the state.
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September 12
Akhilesh Yadav sacks two of his ministers - Gayatri Prasad Prajapati and Raj Kishore Singh - over corruption charges.
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September 13
Mulayam Sing Yadav replaces Akhilesh Yadav and appoints Shivpal Yadav as the state unit chief.
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September 13
Akhilesh Yadav retaliates by stripping his uncle Shivpal Yadav of three key ministries. (PTI photo)
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September 19
As state SP president, Shivpal Yadav expels seven Akhilesh-loyalists from the party.
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October 14
Mulayam Singh Yadav says that the chief ministerial candidate will be decided by MLAs after polls.
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October 24
Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh’s close aide and SP supremo’s cousin, is expelled from the party for six years.
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December 25
Akhilesh Yadav submits his own list of 403 probable candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.
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December 28
Mulayam Singh snubs Akhilesh and announces candidates for 325 of the 403 seats for the assembly polls.
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December 29
Akhilesh releases his own list of 235 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. (PTI photo)
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December 30
Mulayam Singh Yadav expels UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav for anti-party activities.
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January 1, 2017
Akhilesh declared SP chief at national party convention, which was termed 'illegal' by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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January 9
Mulayam Singh says Akhilesh will be his party's CM candidate. (PTI photo)
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