Mulayam's likely 3rd anniv sop - hire 70,000 teachers!

 The next sop he is likely to throw in the election arena is going to be the bait of recrutiment of 70,000 schoolteachers - which will also be caste, though not cash neutral. This will get him the much-needed upper caste approval, though whether this will translate into votes is a moot question. The recruitment scheme has in principal clearance from cabinet and has gone to the technical wing for scrutiny.

Yadav is determined to beat his own record. During his earlier two tenures, he occupied the CM