LUCKNOW: In a crucial turn of events in the battle for supremacy in the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav is likely to announce a new outfit on Monday along with virtually defunct Lok Dal, and retain the ‘samajwadi’ tag in its name, sources in the two parties have indicated.
The hint of an imminent split in the SP came on Saturday when Mulayam and his brother-aide Shivpal Yadav stayed away from a state convention of the party– which they had founded 25 years ago — saying they were not invited.
“Mulayam will hold a press conference at the Lohia Trust office here tomorrow to announce a new party with Lok Dal,” Lok Dal president Sunil Singh told PTI on Sunday.
