<b>Story in Numbers</b>: The perks of being a minister in UP

Everyone is agog at the crisis in the SP family, where the only profession is politics

Everyone is agog at the crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) family, where the only profession is politics. The per capita political power the extended family enjoys is comparable only to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu. It is no surprise, therefore, that all branches of the family should be expending so much effort and money to retain power. Not only for themselves but for their colleagues.

Being in the government is important. How important is clear from the profile of the 48 Cabinet ministers during the five-year rule of the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP government. The data show