Mulayam dissolves state executive of SP

As many as 36 state minister level party office bearers have been sacked and their VIP perks like police security and beacon light fitted cars have been withdrawn.

The chief minister Wednesday served showcause notices on eight district magistrates and 10 police chiefs for being missing from the office during duty hours.

While no senior party leader has openly spoken against the 41-year-old chief minister, many senior ministers are learnt to have told Mulayam Singh Yadav that his son had failed to inspire the cadres during the Lok Sabha campaign.

Party leaders have also blamed officers in the chief minister's office for the rout.

The bureaucracy is likely to be rejigged in a few days.