All right, the much-anticipated merger of six political parties to form a super-party has happened. We will soon know the name of this formation and its logo. But can a party with the likes of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Deve Gowda see eye-to-eye?

Senior journalist Bhupendra Chaubey takes a look at the chemistry behind the arithmetic.