KINGS AND THEIR HOPEFULS
AKHILESH YADAV CAMP RamGopalYadav:
Mulayam’scousin, who master minded the January 2017 coup that virtually formal is ed the breach in the clan. Was instrumental in helping th eSP retain the‘ cycle’ poll symbol in the Assembly election. Leads a group of Raj ya S ab ha members that includes motor mouth Na re sh Aggrawal, No ida business man Sure nd ra SinghN agar, West Bengal socialist K ir ran may N and a, RaviPrakash Verma, Vis ha mb ha rP ra sad N is had and Jay a Bach chan. Jay a and N and a attended a meeting of SP MP sc all ed by Mu lay am before the monsoon session of Parliament but Ram go pa land the others did not
Brat pack:
Youth activists( some touching middle age) associated with Ak hi leshw hen he started off in politics. Once street fighters, they are his yes-men, supplying political inputs. The prominent ones are SunilKumarSajan, AnandBhadauria, Anurag Bhadoria, Santos hY ada v‘ Sani’ ,Udayve er Singh, San jay La thar and Raj pal K ash yap. All of them were nominated to the legislative council as a loyalty reward
SHIVPAL SINGH YADAV CAMP
SadhanaGupta:
Mu lay am’ s second wife is Sh iv pal’ s biggest back er but is using him to promote her son, PrateekYadav, anddaughter-in-lawAparna
Dharmendra Yadav, Tejpratap Singh Yadav:
Dharmendra, BadaunMP, is a nephew of Mu lay am while Tejp ra tap is the grandson of Mu lay am’ s elder brother, RatanSingh. With Sh iv pal only because of their allegiance to Mu lay am and the feeling that Ak hi le sh has done him in politically
Aditya Yadav:
Shivpal’sson; his principal advisor
Madhukar Jetley:
One of Mu lay am’ s oldest political associates and a member of the legislative council. With Sh iv pal because of fealty to Mu lay am. Remains Mu lay am’ s confidant