Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday completely broke ties with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party and announced to contest all elections alone.
Mayawati said that Akhilesh Yadav had asked her to not give tickets to Muslims as it would result in religious polarization.
Shivpal Singh Yadav categorically said that he had no plans to merge his Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) into the Samajwadi Party.
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has been admitted to Gurugram's Medanta Hospital.
Mulayam Singh Yadav admitted to hospital
UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence. SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Chief Shivpal Yadav also present.
The polling for the third phase is to be held on April 23 for ten Lok Sabha seats in the Rohilkhand region of the state along with 105 other seats across 13 other states.
Adityanath also deprecated Akhilesh Yadav's step of forging a poll alliance with his father's arch rival BSP supremo Mayawati, terming the coalition as one "aimed at usurping power".
The party later announced that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav, would contest from Kannauj, where she is the sitting MP.
The list was signed by SP national chief general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.
"What Mulayam Singh Yadav ji said in the Lok Sabha is true and truth always wins, I am confident that his son will also accept this," Yogi Adityanath said.
Posters in Lucknow hail Mulayam Singh Yadav for praising PM in Lok Sabha
In a surprising statement, Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Lok Sabha said he wished to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-elected.
PM Modi said that India has become the fastest growing economy in the world. PM Modi also took a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his famous wink and 'jhappi' (hug) to him.
Mulayam Singh Yadav praises PM Modi in Lok Sabha, Modi shows a kind gesture
WATCH: Mulayam praises Modi in Lok Sabha, PM responds with 'namaskar'
"I hope Narendra Modi returns as Prime Minister," Mulayam Singh Yadav said triggering an instant thumping of desks from the treasury benches.
The PSP has termed it as 'Secularism Day'.
The former UP chief minister said that his wife will not contest the Lok Sabha elections this time as his opponents have accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) of practicing 'pariwarwad' (nepotism).
Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav vacate official residences in Lucknow
