UP polls 2022: Akhilesh Yadav patches up with uncle Shivpal Yadav, announces alliance

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is emerging as the major challenger to ruling BJP ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, has agreed to mend fences with his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav. After a 45-minute meeting between the two in Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a picture of him and Shivpal Yadav, saying they had agreed to an alliance for the crucial 2022 assembly election.