By IANS
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav will submit his resignation to Governor T.V. Rajeshwar at 3 p.m. Friday.
According to a spokesman of the Samajwadi Party, the chief minister would hand over his resignation personally.
The outgoing chief minister was holed up at his official residence as election results came in.
"Netaji (Mulayam) believes in gracefully stepping down from office," the spokesman said.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's confidant and cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, a Rajya Sabha MP who is also regarded as part of the Samajwadi Party think-tank, was closeted with him at the chief minister's official residence.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's Man Friday Amar Singh was at his residence in New Delhi.
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