Ahead of Assembly poll, two senior SP leaders join BJP in UP

Lucknow, Nov 11 (UNI) Senior Samajwadi Party leaders, including former MP from Basti, Arvind Chaudhary, and Gonda leader Anil Yadav, along with hundreds of their supporters, joined the BJP here on Wednesday in the presence of BJP State President and union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary. Welcoming them to the saffron fold, Chaudhary said the BJP is an ideology-based organisation, in which the workers are paramount. "The party honours the hard work, dedication, and contribution of every worker," he said, expressing confidence that both leaders and their supporters joining the party will inject new energy and strengthen the…