-Rajesh Mishra
Lucknow : The BJP suffered a second setback after Swami Prasad Maurya on Wednesday and cabinet minister Dara Singh Chauhan resigned. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party, which became active after getting a setback from Swami Prasad Maurya, a strong minister and leader of backward society, got involved in damage control. On Wednesday, one sitting and one former MLA each from Samajwadi Party and Congress MLA switched to BJP. BJP was successful in breaking one MLA each from SP and Congress. During the ongoing party’s core committee meeting in Delhi, BJP UP President Swatantra Dev Singh made this announcement by holding a separate press conference at the party office. He told that SP MLA Hari Om Yadav and Congress MLA Naresh Saini have joined BJP. Both are OBC MLAs. Similarly, former MLA Dharampal Singh has also joined BJP.
At the same time, former MP and BJP MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana left the party on Wednesday. Bhadana met Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Choudhary and joined the party. Jayant Chaudhary himself gave information about Bhadana joining the party on Twitter. Avtar Singh Bhadana is the MLA from Meerapur seat of Muzaffarnagar. Bhadana had earlier also been in the Indian National Lok Dal and Congress. It is believed that Bhadana will contest the election of MLA from Jewar seat of Gautam Buddha Nagar on RLD ticket.
State President Mr. @swatantrabjp In the presence of Congress MLA Shri Naresh Saini, SP MLA Shri Hariom Yadav and former SP MLA Shri Dharampal Singh took the membership of the party at the BJP headquarters.#BJP4UP pic.twitter.com/LwCCM2xIHs
— BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) January 12, 2022
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