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. 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.

Source: Times of India October 23, 2016 02:49 UTC