SP dissolves UP unit after poll rout, Akhilesh remains party president

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has dissolved its Uttar Pradesh unit following the party's rout in the Lok Sabha elections. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will, however, remain the party's state President.

Earlier this week, the party had sacked 36 leaders with the Minister of State rank.

The SP has been reduced to just five members in the Lok Sabha after the elections. Two seats were won by Mulayam Singh Yadav himself, two by his nephews and one by his daughter-in-law, Dimple Yadav.