New Delhi, Jan 19 (UNI) Ahead of UP assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
Aparna Yadav join the party in the presence of state, BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and other leaders here at Party headquarters New Delhi.
Aparna Yadav is the wife of Mulayam Singh’s younger son, Pratik Yadav.
Addressing a press conference Aparna Yadav said "Nation is the top priority for me. I have set out to serve the nation with the BJP."
"The nation is most important to me, that is why I have always been influenced by the Prime Minister" she said.
Welcoming her in the party, BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh said it will strengthen the BJP in the state.
Attacking Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya said Akhilesh Yadav is unsuccessful in his family as well as politics.
"Under the SP rule law and order situation was worst in the state and women are not feel safe " he said.
Aparna Yadav contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election on an SP ticket from Lucknow Cantonment.
She lost to BJP candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi by a margin of 33,796 votes.
Last week, several rebel BJP leaders, including former UP ministers Dara Singh Chauhan, Dharam Singh Saini and Swami Prasad Maurya, joined the SP.
Five BJP MLAs and Apna Dal (Sonelal) legislator Amar Singh Chaudhary also joined the party in the presence of Akhilesh.
Elections to the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10.
The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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