Akhilesh or Mulayam? EC to decide today on rightful claimant to the bicycle

Talks for an alliance between Congress and SP only after the judgement

The Election Commission will hear on Friday the Samajwadi Party's two warring factions, led by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, and his son Akhilesh Yadav, to settle the dispute over control of the party and its election symbol of 'cycle'.

Talks for an alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party faction led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav are likely to revive after the Election Commission hearing on the SP party symbol, according to Congress sources.

Uttar Pradesh -- the country's most populous and politically significant state -- will go to elect its 403-member state assembly in seven