Mulayam Singh Yadav first insisted he was against the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and would not campaign for it. However, just two days later he announced a sharp U-turn, saying he would campaign not only for the Samajwadi Party but also for the Congress. This radical change of position shows the dilemma the Samajwadi Party patriarch faces in deciding whether to support his son and endorse the Congress or maintain his typical anti-Congress brand of Samajwadi politics.
Mulayam Singh Yadav first insisted he was against the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and would not campaign for it. However, just two days later he announced a sharp U-turn, saying he would campaign not only for the Samajwadi Party but also for the Congress. This radical change of position shows the dilemma the Samajwadi Party patriarch faces in deciding whether to support his son and endorse the Congress or maintain his typical anti-Congress brand of Samajwadi politics.
Mulayam Singh Yadav first insisted he was against the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and would not campaign for it. However, just two days later he announced a sharp U-turn, saying he would campaign not only for the Samajwadi Party but also for the Congress. This radical change of position shows the dilemma the Samajwadi Party patriarch faces in deciding whether to support his son and endorse the Congress or maintain his typical anti-Congress brand of Samajwadi politics.
LUCKNOW: Even by his own standard of somersaults, Mulayam Singh Yadavs latest was unsettling.
Two days after
the SP patriarch insisted he was against the SP-Congress alliance and he wouldnt campaign for it, he made this sharp U-turn: Ill campaign not only for SP but also for the Congress.
This radical course correction shows the SP patriarchs dilemma whether to go with his son and endorse the Congress, or stick to his brand of Samajwadi the bedrock of which is anti-Congr ..