Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh approached his father, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Yadav, as he sat chatting with former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The meet was called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced.
Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani greets former ally Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United). The two parties separated ways earlier this year after Narendra Modi was appointed the BJP's election campaign chief.
