<b>Bhupesh Bhandari:</b> Lessons from family feuds

If experience is anything to go by, Akhilesh will emerge victorious from the spat with his father

The ongoing spat between Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav may have no precedent in the political world, as no son has rebelled openly against his father, but the world of business is no stranger to the Aurangzeb syndrome. There are at least two such instances: One when Bhai Mohan Singh was ousted from Ranbaxy by Parvinder Singh, and two when Onkar Singh Kanwar wrested control of Apollo Tyres from Raunaq Singh — both the events unfolded in the ’90s.

In all these three feuds, there are some common elements that are worth pointing out. 

Before the breakout of hostilities the son