Lucknow, Oct. 20 -- Uttar Pradesh (UP) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, paid a courtesy visit to Jansatta Dal Loktantrik national president Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also known as Raja Bhaiya, at his residence, "Ramayan," in Lucknow.

This comes ahead of UP elections, which are due in 2027.

Earlier on Friday, amid the ongoing row over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chaudhary accused the Congress and its allies, including the Samajwadi Party, of trying to cast doubt on the country's constitutional institutions and create "anarchy across the country."

Referring to the protests against the Chief Election Commissioner (EC) Gyanesh Kumar, he said the...