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Absolute Pari-War in Samajwadi Party: Akhilesh Sacks Uncle Shivpal

On Sunday, the party saw an interesting development in one of the biggest political-family dramas in the country.

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On Sunday morning, Akhilesh Yadav sacked uncle and state party president Shivpal Yadav and three other cabinet ministers from the Samajwadi Party. The decision was reached after a unanimous resolution at a legislature meeting convened at the party office.

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The UP CM had convened a meeting of 175 of the 300-odd MLAs and MLCs to chart a new course in the ongoing family feud.

Last month, Akhilesh had the taken away Shivpal Yadav’s portfolios, but retained him in the council of ministers.

Video Editor: Prashant Bharadwaj

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