Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is likely to be re-elected as the party’s national president for five years at the SP national convention on Thursday.
Ahead of the SP’s 10th national convention, party’s top brass assembled on Wednesday for the national executive meeting, which will set the tone for deliberations.
Besides election for the post of the SP national president in which Akhilesh is likely to be re-elected and amendment of party’s constitution to extend the tenure of the party chief, the other highlights of the meetings will be passage of political and economic resolutions, SP sources said.
At the high profile meeting, the party will amend its constitution extending national president’s tenure to five years, SP spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhury said.
If Akhilesh remains at the helm for five years, the 2019 Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections in 2022 will be held under his presidentship.
The state president’s tenure has already been extended by a similar period by the state executive and Naresh Uttam was unanimously re-elected to the post for five years.
Mulayam and his comrade-in-arms Shivpal Yadav were conspicuous by their absence at the state meet in Lucknow on September 23.
All eyes will be on whether SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav attends the event, especially in the light of his son Akhilesh meeting him personally in Lucknow last week to extend an invitation.
