Election Commission updates central executive committee of Samajbadi Party

In the new body, party chair Mahantha Thakur and his 15 supporters have not been included, pushing the party towards a split.

With the decision of the Election Commission to update the central executive committee of the Janata Samajbadi Party by including only the leaders of the Upendra Yadav-led group, Mahantha Thakur, who used to claim to be its first chair, has been stripped of party chairmanship.