SP Chief Mulayam Singh yadav expelled CM Akhilesh Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav from the party for six years. The SP supremo addressed the media, as infighting within the family is threatening its poll prospects in 2017. Before this, Ramgopal Yadav has called an emergency meeting of SP on January 1 in his capacity as General Secretary. Ramgopal has taken Akhilesh’s side in the ongoing tussle over control of the Samajwadi Party.