When Priyanka Met Akhilesh...

IMAGE: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi campaigns for the party candidate in the Dadri assembly constituency.
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IMAGE: Priyanka campaigns in Bulandshahr.
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IMAGE: Priyanka conducts a door-to-door campaign in Sikandrabad.
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IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Keshav Prasad Maurya -- one of Uttar Pradesh's deputy chief ministers -- files his nomination in Kaushambi.
Pundits reading the political tea leaves will make much of the fact that Maurya was accompanied by BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda when he filed his nomination.
Also present was Union Minister and Apna Dal (S) National President Anupriya Patel.
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IMAGE: After the 2017 assembly election, Maurya was a leading contender for the UP chief minister's post, only to be pipped by Ajay Singh Bisht aka Yogi Adityanath, the then BJP MP from Gorakhpur.
Nadda's presence by Maurya's side on Thursday could indicate that he has a chance to be CM if the BJP retains power.
BJP big shorts from Delhi only turn up for important candidate nominations.
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IMAGE: A training session for election officials in Prayagraj.
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IMAGE: Senior BJP leader Amit Anilchandra Shah wields a mace at an election rally at Loni in Ghaziabad.
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IMAGE: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav seen during an election rally as part of the Samajwadi Vijay Rath Yatra in Bulandshahr.
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IMAGE: Akhilesh receives a photo of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar from supporters during the election rally in Bulandshahr.
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IMAGE: Priyanka, Akhilesh and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary greet each other after they came face to face during their respective election campaigns in Bulandshahr.
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IMAGE: Aam Aadmi Party Goa Vice-President Advocate Pratima Betsy Coutinho, right, breaks down while addressing a press conference in the presence of Delhi MLA Atishi Marlena on the alleged remarks made by Congress candidate Avertano Furtado.
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