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"I went to Delhi to invite Mulayam Singh and Ram Gopal Yadav apart from all other SP MPs in both Houses. All accepted my invitation and promised to attend," he added.Rakesh said that party chief Akhilesh Yadav has confirmed that he will attend the dinner, and Shivpal Yadav has also promised to be in attendance provided he is back from Etawah in time. "Actually he has a pre-scheduled engagement in Etawah but he said he will try to make it," Rakesh told TOI on Tuesday. On his sending invite to Raja Bhaiya, he said the independent MLA was like an 'elder brother' to him.Apart from MPs, all MLAs, MLCs, former ministers in SP regime and senior party leaders have also been invited, said Rakesh. The four have not appeared together ever since the battle for supremacy broke out in SP in late 2016.Another important invitee is independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh , alias Raja Bhaiya, who was member of Akhilesh cabinet but enjoys better rapport with Mulayam..