NewsX: Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav added more spice to the fourth anniversary function of UPA-2 on Wednesday by absenting himself from it. For that matter, no leader or MP from SP was present at the function.

Congress managers downplayed the absence of Yadav, saying the absence of any party does not mean that it was not supporting UPA.

However, the absence of SP led to BSP's Sattish Chandra Mishra and Brajesh Pathak being seated at the same table as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and UPA leaders like Sharad Pawar.