3 Sons Stepping Out Of Fathers' Shadows Turn Heartland Gamechangers
NDTV
Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Chirag Paswan have pulled off a great show in this election
Their fathers came together under the Janata Party canopy during the anti-Emergency protests, and then diverged to create their distinct political identities. Their sons got a launch pad, but had their work cut out. Three sons stepping out of their fathers' shadows is one of the biggest stories of this Lok Sabha election.
The fathers are late Ram Vilas Paswan, late Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav, and the sons Chirag Paswan, Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav.
At the centre of this election's result, which defied exit polls predictions and left experts red-faced, is Uttar Pradesh. The country's most politically-significant state dealt a massive setback to the BJP, reducing its tally from 62 (2019) to 33. And the man behind the INDIA Opposition bloc's stellar show is Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
