Lucknow, Dec. 31 (Agencies): Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday revoked the expulsion of his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Ram Gopal Yadav from the ruling party.

Mulayam had expelled Akhilesh, who is also Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister, on Friday from the party for six years, claiming that Ram Gopal had influenced him to release a parallel list of candidates.

But, after a meeting that involved Mulayam, Akhilesh and the party’s state president Shivpal Yadav, Shivpal tweeted on Mulayam’s directive that the expulsion of Akhilesh and Ram Gopal Yadav from the party was being revoked with immediate effect.

”I am coming after having met party chief Mulayam Singh along with CM Akhilesh Yadav. Netaji has given the order that the suspension orders of Akhilesh and Ram Gopal are terminated with immediate effect,” Shivpal said.

”All of us together will fight communal forces and we will once again form a SP government in UP with full majority. These are my orders. We will hold discussions within ourselves and decide, and prepare for the upcoming elections,” he said.

”All matters have been solved and we will fight the upcoming polls together. We will all sit together with Netaji and I am sure all problems will be resolved,” he said.

Earlier on Saturday, Akhilesh had convened a meeting of the party legislators where over 200 of the 229 party legislators turned up expressing their loyalty with the chief minister, a day after he was expelled from the party for indulging in “indiscipline”, pushing the ruling party to the precipice of a vertical split.

Some party legislative council members and senior party functionaries loyal to Akhilesh also attended the meeting at his official residence at 5-Kalidas Marg. 

Senior party leader and Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Azam Khan then arrived at Akhilesh’s residence and after a brief stay, they drove to Mulayam's bungalow.