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The enemy within

Disaffection runs high in the SP after the seat-sharing pact with the BSP. Has Akhilesh Yadav miscalculated on the deal?

On February 21, after the Sam­ajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party seat-sharing declaration, Mulayam Singh Yadav told party workers in Lucknow, Apni party ke log hi party ko khatam kar rahe hain. The alliance

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