Exigencies of electoral politics and individual ambitions often stoke family feuds and sibling rivalries.
In the three months leading up to the Assembly elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government distributed over 1.4 million tonnes (MT) of wheat, 0.95 MT of rice, 0.10 MT of chana (gram), 101.9 million litres of soybean oil and 100,000 tonnes of salt as free ration. This was part of the Covid relief package, officials said.
Yadav fought hard, but his party was well behind the BJP.
Officials said almost all the ministers present at meeting took the holy dip.