SP elects Akhilesh Yadav as National President for 5 years
Both the 2019 Lok Sabha and the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022 will be held under the presidentship of 44-year-old Akhilesh.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2017-10-05 05:32 GMT
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday elected former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, son of party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, as its National President for a term of five years.
The announcement was made by SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav at the party's national convention in Agra.
The Samajwadi Party passed a resolution at the convention, amending the party constitution to extend the party chief’s tenure from three to five years.
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Both the 2019 Lok Sabha and the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022 will be held under the presidentship of 44-year-old Akhilesh.
(With agency inputs)