Samajwadi Party's ‘first family’ to be together in Saifai today

KANPUR: SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav, besides other members of the ‘first family’ of the Samajwadi Party will again come together in Saifai on Sunday.
The occasion will be former Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Yadav’s sister Deepali's marriage. She will tie the knot with Ashwani Yadav, an associate professor at Central University in Chandigarh and a native of Firozabad, at a ceremony in the family's native village. Tej Pratap is son of Ranvir Singh Yadav, nephew of Mulayam.
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, only a handful of family members and friends close to the family have been invited, family sources told TOI on Saturday.
Mulayam as well as Akhilesh with his family, including wife Dimple and children, were scheduled to reach Saifai on Saturday. Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family, including his two sons Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav and his daughter Misa Bharti,are likely to join the function on Sunday.
Mulayam’s ancestral house is being decked up for a marriage function. The family members are busy giving final touches to the preparations of the marriage of Deepali and Ashwani. A lunch programme is being organised at a guest house in Saifai on Sunday.
“The same day ‘baraat’ will arrive from Fareeda area of Firozabad’s Jasrana,” the family members said.