Ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, has expelled its Sitapur MLA Rampal Yadav for six years for anti party activities. Party spokesperson and minister Rajendra Chaudhary, in a statement, said that Rampal Yadav who was suspended earlier on the charges of anti-party activities, has now been expelled from the party for six years.

The Samajwadi Party on Monday had suspended Rampal Yadav, an MLA​ from Biswan of Sitapur and expelled his son Jitendra Yadav for their anti-party activities in the district panchayat polls.​ MLA Rampal had fielded his son Jitendra Yadav for District Panchayat Chairman’s post in Sitapur against the party candidate Seema Gupta.​

The party had earlier suspended party MLA from Bijnor,​ Ruchiveera, ​from legislative party, and expelled her husband Udayan Veera, former Member of Parliament Yashveer Singh as well as party leaders Jamil Ansari and Khalil-ur-Rehman. Another SP leader Subodh Yadav, son of party MLA Rameshwar Yadav, was also expelled on charges of anti-party activities.​ ​

But the Party on Tuesday revoked the expulsion of Subodh Yadav, son of SP MLA from Etah, Rameshwar Yadav. Subodh, along with ​CM ​Akhilesh Yadav’s aides, Sunil Singh Sajan and Anand Bhadauria, was expelled by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for anti-party activities. The expulsion of Sunil and Anand has already been revoked.