Is the SP feud Akhilesh's fig leaf?

His govt has projected itself as a force trying to transform the state. Is that really so?

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s attempt to split with his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and uncle Shivpal Yadav is being seen in some quarters as a means to conceal the lacklustre performance of his government and let out the impression that the older generation is holding him back.

The economic and social indicators analysed by Business Standard suggest that the state performed better during Mayawati’s tenure as chief minister (2007-12) as compared to Akhilesh’s (2012-17).

Uttar Pradesh registered an average annual growth rate of seven per cent when Mayawati was in power, whereas it