Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav bitter rivals-turned to coalition partners and overcame a potential deal-breaker soon after the crucial Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls in March last year. distanced themselves from each other’s adversaries as well as the Congress and decided to join forces to take on the BJP together in the 2019 general election months before they announced on Saturday that their parties will contest 38 seats each in UP. When Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party (SP) wrested Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats with the backing of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj PartyRead More