A door to keep Akhilesh from wavering in his resolve

Discussion in SP war room was whether it was a good idea to keep an eye on what Yadav was doing

The door that caused supporters of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav a thousand anxieties is a gate that separates the compound of the chief minister from his father’s. When differences between the father and the son were at their height, the discussion in the SP war room was whether it was a good idea to post a person at the gate — just to keep an eye on what Yadav was doing. Heavily invested in Yadav, his team did not want to wake up one morning and find he had gone across and prostrated at his father’s feet, accepting