UP polls: Mulayam to first address brother’s rally, son’s later

Lucknow: In a new turn of events, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that he will start campaigning for his brother Shivpal Yadav on February 9 and then for son and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. 

“I will start my campaigning from Jaswantnagar on February 9 for Shivpal. I will campaign for Akhilesh later,” Mulayam Singh Yadav said. In a shock move, 

Shivpal Yadav earlier on January 31 announced that he would form a new political party after March 11, the day election results of five states would be declared. 

Shivpal Yadav, who filed his nomination papers on the SP ticket from Jaswantnagar, said that he would be campaigning for those denied tickets by Akhilesh. He also highlighted the work done by his ministry.