LUCKNOW, INDIA - OCTOBER 25: Samajwadi party National Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP UP Chief Shivpal Yadav and party leaders addressing a press conference at party office on October 25, 2016 in Lucknow, India. Ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the crisis in the ruling Samajwadi Party is now floor-to-ceiling, with Akhilesh Yadav making it clear that he will not resign as Chief Minister to placate uncle Shivpal Yadav. (Photo by Ashok Dutta/Hindustan Times )