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Lucknow: A party spokesperson said the former MLAs from opposition parties joined the BJP on Monday at the party office here in the presence of both the deputy chief ministers. BJP state media in-charge Manish Dixit said former ministers Sahab Singh Saini and Jagdish Sonkar, former MP Anshul Verma and former legislators Sushma Patel and Gulab Saroj quit the Samajwadi Party, while former MP Rajpal Saini left the Rashtriya Lok Dal to join the ruling BJP in the presence of state unit president Bhupendra Singh Choudhary at the party headquarters.
He said that those who joined BJP include former media head of UP Congress, Rajeev Bakshi, former SP candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Shalini Yadav.
State President Mr. @BhupenderupbjpDeputy Chief Minister Divya Shree @kpmaurya1 and Mr. @brajeshpathakup The presence of leaders and workers of various ashrams was accepted by the party.#bjp4india #BJP4UP pic.twitter.com/85zS5bDHEy– BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) 24 July 2023
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Reacting to the development, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi: “Kuch log chale gaye 2000 ke note liye (Some people left us like Rs 2000 notes)”.
Yadav’s tweet referred to the central government’s decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes from circulation in May. The Rs 2,000 note introduced in 2016 after demonetisation will continue to be legal tender but citizens have been asked to deposit or exchange these notes by September 30, 2023.
Some people left like 2000 note… -Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavkhilash) 24 July 2023
Most of the leaders who joined BJP are from Other Backward Classes (OBC). Recently, prominent OBC leader Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and former minister Om Prakash Rajbhar also joined the BJP-led NDA.
Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also present on the occasion of these leaders joining BJP.
Former minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Dara Singh Chauhan (Ghosi-Mau) had also joined the BJP earlier.
