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Mulayam-Akhilesh spat: Is the father-son duo kissing and making up?

Shivpal doesn't feature in Mulayam's must-have list; son says dad still calls the shots

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav withs Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and party's state chief Shivpal Singh Yadav at a function in Unnao. (Photo: PTI)
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Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav withs Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and party's state chief Shivpal Singh Yadav at a function in Unnao. (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
In what appears to be an attempt to compromise by both factions of the Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav has submitted a list of 38 candidates to Akhilesh Yadav, whom he asserts cannot be excluded from the upcoming UP assembly polls.

According to an NDTV report, Shivpal Singh Yadav, Mulayam's brother and close confidante, who Akhilesh sees as a thorn in the flesh, does not feature in the list.

However, while Shivpal is excluded, his son, Aditya Yadav's name has been included along with those of several other Samajwadi leaders and ministers seen as Mulayam loyalists and earlier