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Gujarat theatre to witness political slugfest between Yogi, Akhilesh Yadav

BJP is seeking to consolidate its vote bank with the help of Yogi's strong Hindutva image

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
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Yogi Adityanath

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi are not the only trailblazers in the run-up to the crucial Gujarat Assembly elections. The state is also set witness a political slugfest between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his immediate predecessor Akhilesh Yadav.

While Yogi campaigned in Gujarat on October 12 and 13 by partaking in the now-concluded ‘Gaurav Yatra’, the Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) has also announced its intention to contest the forthcoming Gujarat poll on a few seats.

Yogi and Yadav hold the distinction of being the youngest leaders to serve as chief ministers of the

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