Everybody from chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to the SP’s prospective partners expects Mulayam to work out a political miracle. Insiders say that while the prospective partners are demanding 125 seats, the SP wants to go by the winner-runner up formula. On the other hand, the RLD and the Congress – who contested the 2012 elections together – won 37 seats in all. RLD tried its luck in 46 seats, winning barely nine. Last year, Mulayam had walked out of the Bihar alliance because he was angry over a paltry five seats being offered to him.

Source: Hindustan Times November 08, 2016 20:12 UTC