Lucknow, Sep 15 (PTI): Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday said the leadership had committed a “mistake” by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party's Uttar Pradesh president and that ”differences” had arisen due to some “misunderstanding”. The leadership, though not deliberately, had made a mistake when CM was removed from the post of (state) president (of SP),” Ramgopal, who is known to be close to Mulayam's son Akhilesh, told reporters before the meeting. He could have been told that elections are coming and you continue as CM and the work of state president will be taken care of by him (Shivpal). When asked about the chief minister's statement that he has taken some decisions on his own, Ramgopal said, “Whatever decisions the CM has taken were on the directions of party president. Asked about the chief minister's statement regarding role of ”outsiders” in the family tussle, Ramgopal said, “I will talk to the chief minister as to what he wanted to say....

Source: The Telegraph September 15, 2016 07:52 UTC