After daughter-in-law, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother-in-law joins BJP

A day after his daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother-in-law and former SP leader, Pramod Gupta, joined the BJP in Lucknow today.

Aparna Yadav had joined BJP on Wednesday in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP State president Swatantra Dev Singh.Aparna Yadav had joined BJP on Wednesday in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP State president Swatantra Dev Singh. Aparna is the wife of Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger son Pratik. They got married in 2011. For the forthcoming Assembly elections, Aparna has sought a ticket from the Lucknow Cantt assembly seat, as per sources.

Notably, Aparna made her political debut in the 2017 Assembly elections in the state by contesting from the Lucknow Cantt seat. However, she was defeated by BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who had secured nearly 63,000 votes. Besides politics, Aparna runs an organisation for the welfare of women. She also runs a shelter for cows in Lucknow. In the past as well, she has praised BJP's initiatives in the state and had also donated Rs 11 lakh for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Elections to the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.