Kanpur, Oct. 28 -- Union minister for parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday described Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav as a personal friend but a political rival, while asserting that the BJP would form the government again in Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to the reporters at the Saifai airstrip while on his way to an event at Sankisa in Farrukhabad district, Rijiju said Akhilesh, as an opposition leader, was entitled to claim that his party would return to power, but the public knew the political reality. He credited Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath with accelerating the state's development. Rijiju also called for Sankisa, an important Buddhist site, to be developed as an international centre for Buddhist tourism and pilgrimage. According to Buddhist beliefs, Lord Buddha descended here from the celestial realm along with his mother and the gods. Emperor Ashoka also had a pillar erected at the site, he said. He said he would speak to local representatives and the administration about developing Sankisa and the surrounding area....