Lucknow, July 22 -- After years of a visible strain in ties with the state leadership, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former BJP MP from Kaiserganj and a heavyweight in Uttar Pradesh politics, called on chief minister Yogi Adityanath at the latter's official residence here on Monday afternoon.

The meeting that came after a long gap sparked speculation in political circles.

"He (Yogi) is the chief minister of the state. A meeting was bound to happen, and it happened," Brij Bhushan said, briefly speaking to a section of the media after a less than half-an-hour long meeting.

Observers feel that had the meeting gone as per his expectations, Singh who is known for his outspokenness, would have been more vocal and more open about the meeting wit...