Lucknow, June 6: After being at loggerheads for over 13 years, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Mayawati broke bread at the BSP chief’s official residence at Kalidas Marg on Friday.

On an invitation from Mayawati, Yadav visited her to attend a meeting to discuss the constitution of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission. According to the provisions of the Human Rights Commission Act, Chief Minister is required to consult the leader of Opposition before constituting such a commission.

An official source said that earlier, Mayawati had proposed that the meeting be held at her office, but Yadav refused. So, the venue was shifted to her official residence.

At the meeting, which lasted for about 45 minutes, the two leaders nominated former Supreme Court judge H K Sema as the new chairman of the commission. Other members of the panel were Justice (Retd) Vishnu Sahay and Justice Asha Tiwari of the Allahabad High Court. Incidentally, Tewari is a relative of BSP general secretary Satish Mishra. Sahay was appointed the chairman of the UP Law Commission by the Mulayam Singh government in 2006.

The meeting was also attended by Assembly Speaker Sukhdev Rajbhar, chairman of the legislative council Sukhram, leader of Opposition in the council Ahmad Hasan, the chief secretary and the director general of police.

The news of Yadav’s visit spread like wildfire, leading to frantic speculations. This was the first one-on-one meeting between Yadav and Mayawati since BSP came to power for the first time on June 3, 1995, after the collapse of the SP-BSP government on June 2,1995. Yadav refused to comment on the meeting and said that he would speak on the issue after three days.