New Delhi: Humiliated, marginalised and left with no option, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav rose in rebellion against his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and announced his own list of candidates for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Late on Thursday night he released his list of 235 candidates of which 64 are new faces. Speculation ran rife that Mr Akhilesh Yadav had got in touch with the Congress and the RLD and that talks about a possible alliance between the three have been initiated.
On Wednesday, while he was touring Bundelkhand, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav flanked by his brother and state unit chief Shivpal Yadav, announced a list of 325 candidates in which a majority of Akhilesh’s candidates did not find a mention. In a clear snub to his son, all those sacked by Mr Akhilesh Yadav from the Cabinet and candidates with criminal records he was opposed to were given party tickets.
