Samajwadi Party's new face Akhilesh Yadav said he did not want to be the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, saying his father Mulayam Singh Yadav deserved the job.

"I am not in the race for chief minister

The Samajwadi Party on Thursday claimed that its state unit president Akhilesh Yadav and several other leaders have been put under "house arrest" and party workers tortured to prevent them from leading a one-day agitation against the BSP government.

Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit, has been arrested from Amausi airport here on Wednesday morning, police

Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, the son of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was arrested from the airport here on Wednesday to prevent him from taking part in protests against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and her party.

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son, party state president Akhilesh Yadav, were on Monday put under house arrest ahead of the agitation against Uttar Pradesh's ruling B

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh were allegedly put under "house arrest" following a call by the Opposition party for a three-day agitation from today to press for ouster of the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.