Akhilesh Pranab Lunch

The UPA's candidate for President, Pranab Mukherjee, broke bread yesterday in Lucknow with not just the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party head Mulayam Singh Yadav. Present at the grand lunch, among the many politicians and hangers-on, were two MLAs who are in jail on criminal charges.

A lavish spread and a grand welcome awaits Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) presidential candidate, when he arrives in the state capital on Tuesday.

The UPA's candidate for President, Pranab Mukherjee, broke bread yesterday in Lucknow with not just the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party head Mulayam Singh Yadav. Present at the grand lunch, among the many politicians and hangers-on, were two MLAs who are in jail on criminal charges.

A lavish spread and a grand welcome awaits Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) presidential candidate, when he arrives in the state capital on Tuesday.