New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav was sent separate recommendations for most seats for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by brother Shivpal Yadav and son Akhilesh Yadav. On Wednesday he announced 325 Samajwadi Party candidates in capital Lucknow and the selection shows that Shivpal has again scored over Akhilesh, who is Chief Minister of UP. The brother was present when party chief Mulayam Singh made the announcement, the son was away in another part of the state.
"I have not gone by any one list, many people had given lists, and I have gone by my choice," said Mulayam Singh, also reiterating that the Samajwadi Party would contest the crucial elections on its own. But in the Samajwadi Party not yet naming candidates for 78 seats in UP, it is seen as leaving a door open for a last-minute partnership with the Congress, pitched by Akhilesh Yadav as a sure-shot combination to win over 300 or UP's 403 seats.
But 53 other sitting lawmakers out of the Samajwadi Party's current 224 have been dropped. Among them are close aides of the Chief Minister like Arvind Singh 'Gop' and Pawan Pandey.
On Sunday, miffed with his uncle's choice for many seats, Akhilesh Yadav had submitted his recommendations for all 403 seats to Mulayam Singh, even as Shivpal Yadav tweeted that his was the final word.
In Akhilesh Yadav's bitter feud with his uncle - constructed around who shall call the shots in selecting candidates for the UP elections and now on for months - Mulayam Singh has mostly sided with Shivpal Yadav.
"I have not gone by any one list, many people had given lists, and I have gone by my choice," said Mulayam Singh, also reiterating that the Samajwadi Party would contest the crucial elections on its own. But in the Samajwadi Party not yet naming candidates for 78 seats in UP, it is seen as leaving a door open for a last-minute partnership with the Congress, pitched by Akhilesh Yadav as a sure-shot combination to win over 300 or UP's 403 seats.
But 53 other sitting lawmakers out of the Samajwadi Party's current 224 have been dropped. Among them are close aides of the Chief Minister like Arvind Singh 'Gop' and Pawan Pandey.
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On Sunday, miffed with his uncle's choice for many seats, Akhilesh Yadav had submitted his recommendations for all 403 seats to Mulayam Singh, even as Shivpal Yadav tweeted that his was the final word.
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In Akhilesh Yadav's bitter feud with his uncle - constructed around who shall call the shots in selecting candidates for the UP elections and now on for months - Mulayam Singh has mostly sided with Shivpal Yadav.
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