<b>Letters</b>: Either way a setback

Although Akhilesh Yadav seems electorally better placed because of his 'development' image

With reference to Archis Mohan’s report, “SP feud reaches Election Commission over party symbol” (January 4), and the editorial, “Not by caste alone” (January 3), the power tussle between Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the caste-dominated Samajwadi Party does not augur well for the party’s future. 

The persistent act of washing dirty linen in public by the party’s divided leadership is an own goal; that apart, it is becoming the laughing stock for voters in the Assembly poll-bound state.   

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s move to expel his son and Ram Gopal Yadav and