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Akhilesh Yadav is SP's UP party chief

June 03, 2009 13:24 IST

After Samajwadi Party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, its president Mulayam Singh Yadav [ Images ] today appointed his son Akhilesh as the UP party chief in an effort to revamp the state unit.

36-year-old Akhilesh replaces Yadav's brother Shivpal, SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters.

Akhilesh had contested the Lok Sabha elections from Kanauj and Ferozabad and won both the seats.

 

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