EC to decide on Jan 13 who gets Samajwadi's cycle

The Election Commission will hear the two warring factions of SP led by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh on January 13 before taking a final call on who gets the party's poll symbol cycle.

The EC directive came amid reconciliatory efforts from both sides. A day after Mulayam said there were no differences between him and Akhilesh and all issues would be sorted out, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister held a three-hour long meeting with his father in Lucknow.

"Akhilesh has the support of maximum leaders and workers," SP Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agarwal told this