Mulayam Singh Yadav is possibly the canniest politician of his generation, and he thinks his time has come to be Prime Minister, so he is not exactly going around hiding that thought. He and his son Akhilesh have been very busy in the last couple of months. If anyone has been following their activities, one sees two leaders trying to rapidly expand their party's vote base while nurturing its traditional one, and distancing themselves from the Congress whose policies and decisions the Samajwadi Party has saved from sinking a few times.