Varanasi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi reached Azamgarh to attend the wedding of the daughter of his party’s state head and was seen immersed in one-to-one discussion with Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party president Shivpal Yadav signaling new political equations brewing in the state ahead of the assembly elections next year.
Owaisi remained tight lipped in Azamgarh and also skipped reporters at LBS International Airport in Varanasi on Sunday. Shivpal also sidetracked queries on what had transpired between them, but reiterated his call to all like-minded and secular parties to unite to defeat BJP.
Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, who had accompanied Owaisi during his January 12 Azamgarh visit, was conspicuous by his absence this time, but said their front for forthcoming UP elections will start taking shape after panchayat polls.