Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, his son and party President Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati wave at the crowd during their joint election campaign rally in Mainpuri, Friday, April 19, 2019. An SP MLA bowed before BSP president Mayawati and touched her feet, the SP patron, who was the first to speak, welcomed her and asked his supporters to always respect her. The BSP president fumbled while ending the speech and raised the customary 'Jai Bhim' slogan of her party. Mulayam Singh and Mayawati fell out after their ruling coalition in UP crashed in 1995, two years after they came together along with smaller parties to keep the BJP out of power. In what is widely known as the "guest house incident", Samajwadi Party workers attacked a state guest house where the BSP chief was camping with her supporters.

Source: The Telegraph April 19, 2019 08:48 UTC