I don't want SP to split; making efforts to keep it united, says Mulayam

Insists he will not change Samajwadi's symbol, says Akhilesh faction is the one forming a new party

In another turn of events, Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said he does not want the party to split and is making all efforts to keep it united. 

"Neither are we making another party nor are we changing the poll symbol. They (Akhilesh Yadav faction) are making another party," Mulayam told workers at the party headquarters in Lucknow. Shivpal Singh Yadav shared the stage with him. 

Asserting that he made efforts to save the party from a split, the senior SP leader hit out at his son Akhilesh and his supporters saying they are meeting leaders