Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's reprimand of his son Akhilesh Yadav for his 'unsatisfactory' performance as Uttar Pradesh chief minister has provoked Yadav junior to pull up his socks.
After much dithering, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati finally agreed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's message will be read out to children in schools across the state on Friday. Her decision, however, came with a rider the PM's letter was read out along with her message across 3 lakh schools in the state.