Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, the ruling ​Samajwadi Party ​on Saturday ​expelled​ ​its sitting ​MLC Udayveer Singh after for writing a letter against Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family​ a few days ago​.​

State party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav expelled Udayveer Singh for six years on charges of indiscipline. Sources said, Mr Mulayam Singh ​was upset with his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for sheltering Udayveer as the raging crisis in the party showed no sign of respite.​ ​

MLC Udayveer Singh, a staunch supporter of Akhilesh Yadav, wrote a letter to​ Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav in ​favour of Mr Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday in which he cautioned about conspiracies hatched allegedly by Mr Mulayam Singh’s second wife against Akhilesh Yadav.​​

Our correspondent reports that the decision ​of expulsion ​came after Mr Mulayam Singh met senior leaders in ​Delhi ​to find ways to end the raging infighting which is threatening to take the party to the verge of a split.​

Party insiders claimed, he was very upset that his son sheltered Udayveer ​Singh ​who wrote a letter alleging that the CM was targeted by his stepmother and ​even ​black magic used against him.