Lucknow, Oct. 14 -- Three Samajwadi Party MLAs, including Rakesh Pratap Singh, who has won the Gauriganj Assembly seat three consecutive times, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, in a political development ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
The other two legislators who joined the BJP are Abhay Singh, MLA from Gosainganj in Ayodhya district, and Vinod Chaturvedi, who represents Kalpi in Jalaun district.
Singh represents Gauriganj in Amethi district, Abhay Singh is the MLA from Gosainganj in Ayodhya district, while Vinod Chaturvedi represents Kalpi in Jalaun district.
BJP state president Pankaj Chaudhary and party national general secretary Smriti Irani
inducted the three legislators at a programme held at Singh's residence, Mangalam, on Jamo Road in Gauriganj.
Chaudhary welcomed them by presenting saffron scarves.
Several state ministers, MLAs and party office-bearers attended the event, which
drew a large gathering of supporters and party workers.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.