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UP Election 2022: Big boost for BJP as Mulayam Singh's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins party

By Team NewsableFirst Published Jan 19, 2022, 10:38 AM IST

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After joining the party, Aparna addressed the media and said she is quite grateful to the BJP and for her, the nation always comes first. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said she admires his efforts for the nation.

In a major boost for the saffron party, Aparna Yadav, the daughter-in-law of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. She joined the party in presence of deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP State president Swatantra Dev Singh.

After joining the party, she addressed the media and said she is quite grateful to the BJP and for her, the nation always comes first. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said she admires his efforts for the nation.

Smt. joins BJP in presence of senior party leaders in New Delhi. https://t.co/D888PAuwye

— BJP (@BJP4India)

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This development followed high-profile BJP departures last week when former Cabinet ministers Swami Prasad Maurya, Dara Singh Chauhan, and Dharam Singh Saini joined Akhilesh's party. Several MLAs followed suit, intensifying the BJP-SP feud to unprecedented proportions.

The induction comes only minutes after Samajwadi Party sources revealed that party head Akhilesh Yadav has opted to run in the forthcoming Assembly election. Earlier, the SP president said that he will not contest in the state's upcoming Assembly elections and would focus on overall election and all seats in particular. Yadav's party has yet to decide which constituency he would compete in.

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Aparna Yadav, according to reports, has sought for a ticket from the Lucknow Cantt assembly constituency. In the 2017 assembly elections, she ran from Lucknow Cantt but was beaten by BJP candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi. She received over 63,000 votes. Notably, she also manages a women's welfare organisation called 'bAware.' She also maintains a cow refuge in Lucknow.

Elections to Uttar Pradesh's 403 assembly seats will be contested in seven parts beginning February 10. In Uttar Pradesh, voting will take place in seven rounds on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7.

Also Read | UP Election 2022: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest polls, says source

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