A father's wrath

This is the second time in a month that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was at the receiving end of a public dressing-down from his father and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Addressing a public meeting after unveiling statues of Jai Bahadur Singh and Jhakhandey Rai in Mau, Mulayam 'taunted' the ministers and party leaders that they would definitely lose the 2017 state elections if they didn't get down to ground work. He gave ministers in the Akhilesh Yadav-led government and party MLAs a month's time to "improve" their performance so that the party could post better results in the Assembly elections in 2017.