FIERy FACE-OFF

The launch also saw a fiery faceoff between former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, with the former questioning the BJP’s motives in allotting Mayawati’s former bungalow to his uncle and bête-noir Shivpal Yadav. This puzzled the audience as the launch was not about UP politics, but for a book about India’s next generation politicians. However, according to both SP and BJP sources, the move to give the bungalow to Shivpal was spearheaded by Ram Madhav and hence the attack.