Lucknow:
Akhilesh Yadav was unanimously elected chairman of the Samajwadi party for the third time in a row on Thursday, party secretary-general Ram Gopal Yadav said.
Ram Gopal Yadav declared the election result at the Samajwadi Party National Convention at Ramabai Ambedkar Stadium in Lucknow and said Akhilesh Yadav was the sole candidate for the position.
Taking over from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav became chairman of the Samajwadi party for the first time at an emergency meeting of the party in January 2017 and a second time at the party’s national convention in Agra in October of the same year.
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