New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) The Election Commission is today expected to give its crucial verdict on which faction of the Samajwadi Party would get the party name and its symbol ‘cycle’ or the symbol would be frozen. The matter went to the Election Commission after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav called the party’s national convention at Lucknow on January 1 and declared himself as SP national president replacing his father and SP founder-leader Mulayam Singh Yadav following months or rather years of power struggle in the family. Both the camps, one led by Mr Mulayam and his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav plus Mr Amar Singh, and the other led by and Mr Akhilesh Yadav and the SP patriarch's cousin Ramgopal Yadav had last week filed their respective claims and proof of majority support before the Election Commission for getting the party’s existing name and the symbol. The SP saga had taken an interesting turn, when Mr Mulayam declared that there was no rift in the party, but accused Prof Ram Gopal Yadav of misguiding his son. With the process for election to the Assembly polls already set in motion and just one month left for the first phase poll in Uttar Pradesh, the two camps have much at stake in the decision of the Election Commission, as to which side party's name and symbol will go or whether it will be frozen. Other important political players in the state, including Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress, are keenly watching the developments in the ruling party of Uttar Pradesh and the EC verdict on the symbol. The EC had held a hearing on the rival claims but had reserved its verdict, which is however likely to come today or latest by 17th morning, the day when the process of filing of nominations would begin with the issue of the notification for the first phase of polling. The confusion over who would get the Samajwadi Party symbol of ‘cycle’ or whether it would be frozen for the time being, has delayed the announcement of a pre-poll pact between Congress and SP at least till Monday, a UNI report from Lucknow said. The two parties are ready with the blueprint and are likely to reveal their master plan for the coming Assembly polls, once the Election Commission pronounces its decision on the SP symbol. UNI NAZ/MB SV RJ 1256