Mulayam Singh Yadav and son, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: Acrimony, bitter exchanges and personal attacks yesterday marked a meeting of Samajwadi Party leaders, bringing to the fore the high-voltage power struggle in the first family with Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav trading barbs while the chief minister was accused of planning to float a party, a charge he denied.