LUCKNOW, Nov. 12 -- Samajwadi Party national general secretary Shivpal Singh Yadav on Thursday met senior party leader Azam Khan at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad, after which he said Khan was confident that the SP would form the government in Uttar Pradesh following 2027 assembly elections, with the public mood having turned against the BJP.

The meeting took place behind a wire-mesh partition, an arrangement that drew sharp criticism from Yadav, who, while addressing reports outside the jail, described it as a violation of protocol and a form of continuous harassment.

Khan, a 10-time MLA, four-time minister and two-time MP, was lodged in Dasna Jail on November 1 after a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ghaziabad rema...