(Express file photo by Prem Nath Pandey)To counter his son Akhilesh Yadav’s rebellion, Mulayam Singh Yadav plans to put together a ‘Mahagathbandhan’ on the lines of Bihar before the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Bina Netaji CM bane, na party bachegi, na government (Netaji will have to come forward. Without Netaji as CM, neither the party will be left, nor the government),” Shivpal reportedly said. Shivpal told reporters in Lucknow on Sunday that the party will fight elections under the leadership of Mulayam. However, there is a realisation in the SP that the two power centres of Akhilesh and Shivpal can’t continue together for long.

Source: Indian Express October 23, 2016 23:15 UTC