"I have congratulated him (Shivpal Yadav) on being the Uttar Pradesh chief of the Samajwadi Party and have asked all Samajwadi workers to congratulate him," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters here.
He said all Samajawadi workers needed to work together "so that opponents don't get a chance to raise fingers at us".
He said the Samwajwadi Party was "united and there is no rift".