Lucknow, May 21 -- An impromptu visit by two Congress leaders to Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati's residence near the UP Congress Committee office on Lucknow's Mall Avenue on Tuesday evening, ostensibly to enquire about her health, has set off a buzz in political circles about a new alliance in Uttar Pradesh before the 2027 assembly elections. The four-time former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, who has already declared her party's intention to go solo in the state, declined to meet Tanuj Punia, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Barabanki, and Rajendra Pal Gautam, Chairman of the SC Department of the All India Congress Committee, as it was an unscheduled meeting. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was in neighbouring Rae Bareli when the two Congress leaders visited the BSP chief's residence. Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday made it clear that the alliance with Congress will continue in the 2027 assembly election. Replying to the query about his visit, Tanuj Punia said the party's SC wing held a meeting under the chairmanship of Rajendra Pal Gautam on Tuesday. " Gautam told us that Mayawati is a senior leader of our community and we should visit her residence to enquire about her well-being. We decided to make an impromptu visit.We asked the staff at her residence if she was busy. Party leadership did not direct us to meet Mayawati. We could not meet her because she was busy, so we returned to our office," Punia said. Avinash Pande, the Congress general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh, said the party did not authorise the visit....