 On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party by brother Shivpal Singh Yadav, the state president of Samajwadi Party.He was accepted later in the party.On 30 December 2016 Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled him from the party again for six years, but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.