17 Jan, 2017

Akhilesh vs Mulayam - How the scion triumphed over the patriarch: 5 points

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is now the undisputed leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP). The Election Commission on Monday decided to hand Akhilesh the party's 'cycle' symbol ahead of the Assembly polls. His father Mulayam Singh Yadav, who founded the party in 1992 and has been fighting to retain control of it for weeks, has been left to lick his wounds.

The feud between the Akhilesh and Mulayam camps simmered for months before it reached boiling point earlier this month, and resulted in the triumph of the scion over the patriarch. Here's a look back at the latest developments in the internecine conflict, in five points.

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