"If I stand up, this government will feel the heat": Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was politically trolled today. By his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav. At a function in Lucknow this morning, the Yadavs both gave public speeches for Independence Day. With India's most populous state scheduled to vote soon, Mulayam Yadav, the head of the Samajwadi Party, made it clear that he is siding with his older brother, Shivpal Yadav, against his son.