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Advantage Chacha: Shivpal Yadav Expels Akhilesh Aide Pawan Pandey 

Pawan Pandey had clashed with SP MLC Ashu Malik at party meet and also allegedly beaten him up.

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The feud in the Samajwadi Party showed no signs of ending with state unit chief Shivpal Yadav on Wednesday expelling minister Pawan Pandey from the party for six years. Pandey is a close aide of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

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Pawan Pandey had allegedly clashed with SP MLC Ashu Malik at party meet and also beaten him up, says the latter. Malik had alleged that he was slapped by him at the chief minister's residence.

"Pawan Pandey is being expelled from Samajwadi Party for six years on charges of indiscipline," Shivpal announced at a press conference at the party headquarters here.

Shivpal said he has written a letter to the chief minister requesting him to sack Pandey from his ministry.

Replying to questions, Shivpal maintained there was no dispute in the Samajwadi Party and the Mulayam family.

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