# India

Will support uncle Shivpal, no rift in party: Akhilesh

| September 17, 2016 9:59 am

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said he would support his uncle and Samajwadi Party state President Shivpal Yadav, and there was "no rift" in the party.

"I have congratulated him (Shivpal Yadav) on being the Uttar Pradesh chief of the Samajwadi Party and have asked all Samajwadi workers to congratulate him," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters here.

He said all Samajawadi workers needed to work together "so that opponents don’t get a chance to raise fingers at us".

He said the Samwajwadi Party was "united and there is no rift".