An estimated crowd of 10,000 here was out in the scorching sun for quite a few hours on Sunday as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress party scion Rahul Gandhi showcased their poll partnership.
It was the last opportunity for the two leaders of the coalition, of rivals-turned-friends, to catch voters on a holiday before the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh’s legislative assembly election on Thursday. This city is at the centre of Bundelkhand, the region comprising districts in both UP and Madhya Pradesh.
Full-page advertisements in local papers had put the time of the Samajwadi-Congress rally, first in

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