Today (Wednesday, 14 September) is a very big day – or rather a make-or-break day – for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. The civil war within the top satraps of the party has taken such an ugly turn that anything could happen.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is rushing from New Delhi to Lucknow and he has called his brother Shivpal Yadav from Saifai in Etawah to Lucknow too. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is already stationed in the state capital.
There are very limited options before the party now: