The ‘takeover’ was easier in Firozabad as the local MP is Akshay Yadav, Ram Gopal’s son. “I am totally with Akhilesh and Ram Gopal… party workers welcomed me,” Ram Sewak told ET.
The traditional SP voter is confused. “Vote to Akhilesh ko hi padega, par Netaji ka samman hona chahiye,” says Asa Ram Yadav, a native of Mulayam’s home village Saifai (near Etawah). Saifai block pramukh and mother of party’s Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Yadav, Mridula Yadav, says: “Akhilesh has done the most for development.” Mridula claims she distributed school bags featuring Akhilesh’s photo to school children last week. The village falls in the Jaswant Nagar assembly seat, from where Shivpal Yadav is the MLA. “Mulayam held this seat since 1967.
