Aparna Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s new member in Uttar Pradesh, on Friday tweeted a photo of her taking blessings from her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founder of Samajwadi Party.
The 32-year-old had joined the BJP on January 19, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Her brother-in-law, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, is a key opponent for the BJP in the crucial polls which are scheduled to begin from February 10.
Aparna Yadav was inducted into the BJP in Delhi. She came back to Lucknow on January 21 and was greeted by a crowd of supporters.
After her arrival, the BJP’s new member went to meet her father-in-law. She shared a photo of the Samajwadi Party patron blessing him.
Akhilesh Yadav has said that his father tried very hard to convince Aparna Yadav not to join the BJP.
Aparna Yadav is married to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son Prateek Yadav.
In 2017, she had contested the Uttar Pradesh elections as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Cantt but lost to BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi.
Aparna Yadav has reportedly asked to be fielded from Lucknow Cantt again in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. But Bahuguna wants the seat for her son Mayank Joshi.
The 32-year-old is has also been working for animal welfare and women’s safety. She runs an NGO called B Aware’.
The polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The results will be out on March 10. Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are also going to polls in February.
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