SP's purge: 36 leaders sacked but Akhilesh won't quit
Lucknow: Rattled by Samajwadi Party's rout in Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today sacked 36 leaders having status of minister of state in his government but ruled out his resignation. Party
The ruling party got five out of 80 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, just two years after it got a spectacular mandate in the assembly elections.
BJP and its ally Apna Dal clinched 73 while Congress got two seats.
Among the five seats, Yadav alone won on two seats— Mainpuri and Azamgarh. Rest three are Kannauj, Badaun and Firozabad clinched by his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav and nephews Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav respectively The sacking came a day after the party held a meeting of party candidates to review its performance.