However, the number of signatories to the affidavit submitted to the poll panel was not known.
Sources told IANS that both factions — led by Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav — will now contest the state assembly polls on different party symbols, irrespective of who gets the official party symbol — cycle.
The assembly elections in the most populous and politically significant state in India will be held in seven phases between 11 February and 8 March.
