Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will on Friday chair a parliamentary board meeting of the party in Lucknow to put an end to the fight between his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal Singh Yadav.

On Thursday night, newly-appointed SP Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal resigned from the state cabinet as well as from all the posts of party held by him.

Shivpal tendered his resignation to Akhilesh Yadav after meeting his elder brother and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in the state capital.

However, the chief minister did not accept his resignation.

Mulayam summoned Shivpal, who is at loggerheads with Akhilesh, and held closed-door meeting with him to defuse the situation.

Shivpal later met Akhilesh at his official residence, but the meeting lasted only 15 minutes.