Akhilesh declared SP chief at national convention

Ramgopal also proposed that party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav be the "marg darshak" of the party

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was declared the Samajwadi Party's (SP's) national working president in a resolution passed by party Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav at the national executive meet in Lucknow on Sunday, reported news agency ANI.  

Speaking to the gathering of party activits and legislators who support Akhilesh Yadav, the chief minister's uncle and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's cousin, Ram Gopal Yadav, said that the national executive also wanted Shivpal Yadav to be removed as the party's state president and that Amar Singh should be sacked from the party. He also said that Mulayam Singh