Lucknow, Sep 20 (UNI) The first family of the ruling Samajwadi Party, which was experiencing turmoil for the past over one week, today projected a united face after the Uttar Pradesh cabinet meeting and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the family was united. "Samajwadi parivar jaisa thaa waisa hi hai, hum sab ek hoke 2017 me SP sarkar banaenge( The SP family was the same as it was in the past and we will unitedly fight to regain the power in 2017)," was the comment of the Chief Minister in presence of state SP president Shivpal Singh Yadav and minority welfare minister Mohammad Azam Khan. Talking to media briefly after the cabinet meeting here, the CM said ," there is a big challenge from the communal forces but we would fight it unitedly to stop these forces." Mr Yadav, however, also admitted that the dispute within the family has created some confusion within the party rank and file." We are one in the past and will be in future," he stressed. However, Shivpal Yadav refused to speak anything on the matter. Later in the day Shivpal will hold a meeting of the party leaders and legislators from Azamgarh, the parliamentary constituency of Mulayam Singh Yadav, from where the party will launch its election campaign through a huge rally of the party president on October 7. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that several important decisions were taken in today's cabinet meeting and the most important was the hike in the fees of the government counsels while the pension of the handicraft workers have been raised from Rs 1,000 per month to Rs 2,000 per month. Yesterday, Shivpal had expelled seven close confidants of Akhilesh Yadav from the party which led to large scale mass resignation by the youth leaders. However in the evening, CM appealed to the youths not to resign and should obey the orders of party president Mulayam Singh Yadav. UNI MB PR ADG PR1355