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Two Opposition MLAs, one former MLA, join BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election

Samajwadi Party MLA Hari Om Yadav from Sirsaganj in Firozabad and the Congress MLA Naresh Saini from Behat in Saharanpur joined the BJP.

January 12, 2022 04:11 pm | Updated 06:00 pm IST - LUCKNOW:

Omar Rashid
Omar Rashid
Samajwadi Party MLA from Sirsaganj Hari Om Yadav (left) and Congress MLA from Behat Naresh Saini switched over to the BJP on January 12, 2022. Photo: uplegisassembly.gov.in/

Samajwadi Party MLA from Sirsaganj Hari Om Yadav (left) and Congress MLA from Behat Naresh Saini switched over to the BJP on January 12, 2022. Photo: uplegisassembly.gov.in/

Two sitting MLAs, one each from the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, and another former MLA joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on January 12 ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election .

Three-time MLA Hari Om Yadav who is sitting Samajwadi Party legislator from Sirsaganj in Firozabad and Naresh Saini, the Congress MLA from Behat in Saharanpur, switched over to the BJP in presence of top BJP State leaders.

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Soon after he joined the BJP, the SP said it had expelled Mr. Yadav from the party for anti-party activities and colluding with the BJP.

The third leader to join was Dharampal Singh, a former SP MLA from Etmadpur in Agra.

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