Major Setback For Samajwadi Party, Former MLA & Several District Presidents Join BJP In Lucknow
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Lucknow: In a setback to the opposition amid Lok Sabha polls, several Samajwadi Party leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Lucknow on Sunday.
Former Samajwadi Party MLA Jai Choubey and several other leaders including Balram Yadav, and Jagat Jaiswal joined the BJP in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh
Pathak.
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"Former MLA and several district presidents have joined our party today. Welcome, and congratulations to all of you. Those working at the block level are also coming along with them, they
have a big responsibility in their hands," Pathak said.
आज लखनऊ स्थित भाजपा प्रदेश कार्यालय पर भारतीय जनता पार्टी की राष्ट्रवादी विचारधारा एवं नीतियों से प्रभावित होकर विभिन्न दलों से आए नेतागणों को भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सदस्यता ग्रहण कराते हुए,
हार्दिक बधाई एवं उज्ज्वल भविष्य की शुभकामनाएं दीं। इस अवसर पर मा० राज्यसभा सांसद श्री… pic.twitter.com/bqlWOHwtrj
"You all have decided to join the BJP... Under PM Modi's leadership, the BJP has reached to masses. Under PM Modi's guidance, we have taken a resolution of 'Viksit Bharat' and I hope you all
will contribute to it," Deputy CM Pathak added.
Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, is voting in all seven phases. Voting for phase one was held on April 19 in 8 parliamentary constituencies and phase
two polling for 8 other constituencies was concluded on April 26. Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, and Bulandshahr voted in the second phase of the
Lok Sabha election on April 26.