Akhilesh, Ram Gopal Out: 3 Likely Political Scenarios Emerge in UP

Although Mulayam can suspend Akhilesh from the party, he cannot dethrone him from the chief ministership.

The tension in Uttar Pradesh’s Samajwadi Party has been simmering for the last few months, and it was always likely that it will to come to a head.

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party for six years. The reason cited by him was indiscipline. Akhilesh’s staunch supporter and party General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav wasn’t spared either.

Ram Gopal has harmed the party’s interests through his activities, and has been deliberately creating problems. No one has the right to call national executive meeting.

Mulayam Singh Yadav