Samajwadi Party: Free fall or slow decline?

As many as 45 Samajwadi Party legislators were denied tickets to accommodate the Congress

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi atop a bus during a rally in Allahabad.

Radhika Ramaseshan

Last Updated : Feb 27 2017 | 1:06 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav looks vulnerable, as the aura of a leader who took on his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav and stepmother Sadhana Gupta has started to fade.

In his latest interview to The Hindu, Akhilesh said had it not been for the family feud, he would have never allied with the Congress. Political observers interpret this as an admission of the alliance’s inability to deliver the number of seats Akhilesh expected. As many as 45 Samajwadi Party legislators, denied tickets to accommodate the Congress, are contesting as rebels.

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