Yadav family feud escalates, Mulayam expells Akhilesh, Ram Gopal from party for 6 years

Samajwadi Party chierf Mulayam Singh Yadav held a press conference on Friday to clear the air on the ongoing feud between the two factions in the party. The fued has escalated in the past two days over the ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Here are the live updates:

# Defiant Ramgopal says he still is general secretary of the Samajwadi Party

# The party has issued tickets to weak candidates who cannot win elections: Ram Gopal Yadav

# We have been expelled right after serving the show cause notices. We even didn't reply to it. It is unconstitutional: Ram Gopal Verma

# Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to address a press conference at 9pm

# Akhilesh supporters shout slogans outside party headquarters

# For us party is the most important and our priority is to save the party: Mulayam

#WATCH Akhilesh kya maafi mangega woh toh ladta hai, pita (father) manta hoga toh dekha jayega, says SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav pic.twitter.com/3RODK9uQKQ

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# I have worked really hard to make this party, what was their role in this? I work hard and they reap the fruits: Mulayam Singh Yadav

# I will decide the chief ministerial candidate: Mulayam

# We have expelled both the leaders to save the party: Mulayam

# Only party president has the right to convene national conference: Mulayam

# Akhilesh Yadav has been expelled from the party for six years: Mulayam

# Chief minister is indulging in groupism within the party: Mulayam

# Akhilesh is putting his own existence at risk: Mulayam

# Akhilesh should be a neutral entity as a chief minister but he has failed to read the situation: Mulayam

# Ram Gopal Yadav has been expelled from the party for six years: Mulayam

# Akhilesh has indulged in indecipline and this is an attempt to hurt the party: Mulayam

# I am the national president of the Samajwadi Party: Mulayam Singh