Well-Attended Samajwadi Dinner Brightens Mayawati's Rajya Sabha Hopes | Read

Facing a tight contest for one Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati's party today closely monitored the guests at a Samajwadi Party meeting and dinner. After a scare for Mayawati, the Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmakers who had skipped the meeting in the morning arrived hours later for a dinner hosted by party chief Akhilesh Yadav at a luxury hotel in Lucknow. The lawmakers, led by Akhilesh Yadav's estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav, said they would vote for the SP and Mayawati's BSP.