Much is being read in the decision by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to invite his father and SP founder Mulayam Singh to a party meet scheduled next week. Relations between the two had turned bitter in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections earlier this year. So Akhilesh's visit to Mulayam’s residence — the first meeting between the two in many months — to invite him to the October 5 national executive meeting holds great significance for party leaders. Mulayam and his brother Shivpal were not invited to the party’s state executive meet held on September 23