LUCKNOW: A day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his brother-in-law Pramod Gupta also switched over to the ruling party on Thursday.
“The SP is giving shelter to mafias and criminals and there is no point in staying in such a party. Akhilesh has imprisoned Mulayam Singh Yadav. Netaji (Mulayam Singh) and Shivpal were tortured by Akhilesh,” Gupta alleged.
The former SP MLA joined the BJP in the presence of senior party leader Laxmikant Bajpai in Lucknow.
Aparna Yadav had joined BJP on Wednesday in the presence of deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh.
Aparna is the wife of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son Pratik. They got married in 2011. For the forthcoming assembly elections, Aparna has sought a ticket from the Lucknow Cantt assembly seat, as per sources.
Elections to the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10.
The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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The drain continues and hope there’s repeat of the scenario in other states