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The two leaders may, following the joint campaign, fan out separately to pitch for their own party candidates. LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav had an unscheduled meeting with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati late on Wednesday evening and decided to kickstart campaigning with a joint rally as soon as Navratra begins. Both the leaders have also finalised their joint campaign in all the seven phases of voting and would be covering all the key constituencies. The navratras begin on April 6.“Our plan is ready and dates have been decided for a joint campaign for the candidates of the SP-BSP alliance,” Akhilesh Yadav told TOI after his meeting with Mayawati. Akhilesh drove down to Mayawati’s residence here on Wednesday evening after concluding his meetings with SP leaders at the party headquarters..