Lucknow, Nov. 8 -- In their second meeting since his release from jail, Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan visited the party's national president Akhilesh Yadav at the former chief minister's residence in Lucknow on Friday and said it was intended to convey a message of resilience and the need for justice and change.

After the visit, Akhilesh Yadav, who had earlier met Khan at Rampur on October 8, posted a picture with Azam Khan and Khan's son Abdullah Azam on social networking platforms and wrote, "Uncountable memories they brought along, when they visited our home today! This spirit of camaraderie is our shared heritage."

Friday's nearly 40-minute meeting between the two SP leaders was Azam Khan's first to Akhilesh Yadav's house in Luc...