Earlier this month, Akhilesh anointed himself the party`s National President, in a dramatic coup against his wrestler-turned-politician father.
Barring a few family members from his village Saifai in Etawah and not more than two dozen legislators, Mulayam Singh, the family patriarch, seems to be isolated, party leaders admit.
Cornered through an Akhilesh-backed resolution that left him with the mere tag of `marg darshak` (mentor), Mulayam Singh is now left with very little leg room to manoeuvre his way back as the party`s unquestioned boss.
