At the end of a dramatic meeting of party workers in Lucknow following a bitter power tussle between Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav called Amar Singh his brother and stood by Shivpal, calling him a "leader of the masses". "I can't leave Amar Singh or Shivpal Yadav. While Mulayam was speaking, Akhilesh got into a heated argument with uncle Shivpal, with the latter accusing the Chief Minister of lying. Samajwadi crisis: Options before supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav"People who are raising slogans for Akhilesh. Before the meeting began, there were clashed between the supporters of Akhilesh and his uncle and current party chief in UP, Shivpal Yadav.

Source: India Today October 24, 2016 03:59 UTC