Will Mulayam accept Akhilesh's offer?

October 24, 2016 12:06

Akhilesh was the first to address the meeting, Akhilesh broke down while addressing a meeting of party legislators, ministers and MPs convened here by Mulayam Singh Yadav at the party headquarters, outside which supporters of rival SP factions exchanged blows prompting police to use force to disperse them.

Amid protests from his supporters, Akhilesh offered to step down as CM if Mulayam so desired. "Let 'netaji' (Mulayam) install a chief minister who he feels is honest," he said. "Why should I form a new party?" he posed in an emotionally choked voice. At the meeting Akhilesh said all these years he had toiled hard for the welfare of the people. "Merey pita, merey guru hain (my father is my guru)" he said.

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