New Muslim leaders help SP brace for polls

Among the tall Muslim leaders who joined the SP in recent months include Salim Iqbal Sherwani from the Congress — a five-time MP and friend of Rajiv Gandhi. Sherwani, 68, had joined the SP in the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition, but returned to the Congress in 2009 when the SP chose Dharmendra Yadav, a nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav, over him for a party ticket.

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