Shivalpal Singh Yadav, officially the number two man in the Samajwadi Party is the younger brother of its chief Mulyam Singh Yadav. He was also appointed as the general secretary of the Samajwadi Party in the state. As he took care of Mulayam’s constituency, he emerged as the de-facto chief minister during the SP chief’s last stint in power. Four years later, his relations with nephew and chief minister Akhilesh Singh Yadav had soured so much that he was stripped of his portfolios, forcing him to threaten to quit the party. He has the support of Amar Singh who recently rejoined the Samajwadi Party, but which only further enraged Akhilesh and intensified the fight with his uncle.

Source: Hindustan Times October 23, 2016 08:26 UTC