Many Rounds Lost To Son Akhilesh, Mulayam Singh Picks Fight Over Cycle | Read
When Akhilesh Yadav, then only 39 years old, won Uttar Pradesh in 2012 to become the country's youngest Chief Minister, his victory was powered by his free-wheeling campaign, promising jobs, education and development, all while mounted on a cycle, which is the Samajwadi Party's symbol. Today, his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, claimed that the symbol - with its easy and established recall - should be considered his political property as the Samajwadi Party cleaves just ahead of the election in Uttar Pradesh.
