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Lucknow: Ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, six rebel MLAs of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one MLA from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) at the party headquarters in the presence of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav. Saturday.
BSP MLAs Mujtaba Siddiqui, Hakim Lal Bind, Sushma Patel, Aslam Choudhary, Hargovind Bhargava and Aslam Raini and BJP MLA from Sitapur constituency Rakesh Rathore also switched sides today.
BSP MLA was Suspended For anti-party activities in October last year.
All the MLAs met Akhilesh Yadav on Friday before formally joining the party. This was the second meeting of BSP MLAs with the SP leader. June.
Rebel BJP MLA Rakesh Rathore from Sitapur Meet Akhilesh Yadav Earlier in September, he had targeted his own party’s government in the state several times. In May this year, Rathore said that MPs like him “have no stature” and “could do a great deal of damage” if he makes too many statements to the media. treason case“Against him.
MLA Rakesh Rathore criticized the Uttar Pradesh government’s handling of the Covid pandemic and medical services in Sitapur district.
‘Many more will join SP’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav while addressing the media on Saturday said, “Many people want to join SP. We’ll see when the time comes. People are so unhappy with the BJP that they will be wiped out in the next election. CM can change his slogan to ‘Se’ after MLA Rakesh Rathore joinsmy family bjp family‘ To ‘My family Bhagat family”
Akhilesh also said that the BJP government has not fulfilled the promises made in the 2017 UP election manifesto. “The BJP has cheated farmers, youth and women. Where are the laptops and tablets they promised earlier? Where is the one who was supposed to give free 1 GB data to the students? Akhilesh Yadav said in the press conference.
A SP source told ThePrint that “a few more” former MLAs and former MPs from BSP, BJP and Congress may join the SP in the coming days. “Some of the sitting BJP MLAs are also in touch with the Samajwadi Party. If they are not given tickets, they will switch sides. he said.
(Edited by Paramita Ghosh)
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