"I have just met Netaji (Mulayam Singh) and Akhilesh and Azam were also there. Netaji has told me to revoke Akhilesh's expulsion. Now we will all fight UP polls united and will form the government with majority. Now all misunderstandings are over and we will discuss all the things again and take decisions. We will discuss on ticket distribution," Akhilesh Yadav's uncle and Mulayam Singh's brother Shivpal Yadav said.

Sources said at the meeting with Mulayam Singh, Azam Khan said he must revoke Akhilesh Yadav's expulsion. The Akhilesh Yadav camp has also demanded that politician Amar Singh be thrown out of the Samajwadi Party. They accuse Amar Singh of instigating trouble between father and son.

Amar Singh, who is currently in London, said "Netaji has done the right thing and till I am alive this party will not fall apart... I am not the one for breaking the party but I'm here to unite the party."

This morning, Akhilesh Yadav met many lawmakers and other leaders of the party at his 5 Kalidas Marg residence cum office in Lucknow. The Akhilesh camp claimed that over 190 lawmakers came to meet the chief minister.

Mulayam Singh Yadav had also called a meeting this morning at the Samajwadi Party office - about a kilometre away - of all the candidates that he has named for the UP assembly elections, which will be announced any day now. Mulayam Singh's list of candidates includes many sitting MLAs. But only about 20 legislators showed up for the meeting, along with about 60 other candidates.

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who had earlier today spoken to both Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav to facilitate a patch-up, said, "I am very happy to know that the matter is sorted now. It's my responsibility to give right suggestion as he is my family member."

On Friday evening Mulayam Singh Yadav had expelled Akhilesh from the party for six years, for refusing to accept the candidates he had chosen for the UP elections. Mulayam Singh said he had no choice and wanted to "save the party".

Friday's fast-paced and dramatic events came after months of a bitter tussle for control in the party between Akhilesh Yadav, 44, and his uncle Shivpal Yadav, who is Mulayam Singh's younger brother. Mulayam Singh has consistently sided with Shivpal, who replaced Akhilesh as the party's UP chief some months ago.

Earlier this week, Mulayam Singh announced a list of candidates for the UP elections, excluding several of Akhilesh Yadav's key aides. Candidates recommended by Shivpal Yadav were favoured, including some with criminal backgrounds who were fiercely opposed by the chief minister.