Mulayam Singh Yadav | Akhilesh will be the next UP CM

Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav announced incumbent Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's name as the CM candidate for the 2017 assembly elections, in a move hinting towards an end to the prolonged family feud. Rubbishing rumours of a split in the party, Mulayam said the party was and will always be united.