SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had won the first round of the fight a week earlier, when he ensured a defection of three backward caste bjp minister More than half a dozen legislator observers say the BJP’s retaliation will have more psychological impact than any real gains on the ground.
Simply because when SP tried to fabricate the story ‘behind leaving BJP’ Swami Prasad MauryaDara Singh Chauhan and Dharam Singh Saini – Aparna’s departure has created a scene of ‘rift in the Yadav family’. This is similar to the situation before the 2017 assembly elections, when the rift between Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav came to the fore.
The cracks widened after Shivpal left the SP, forming his own organisation, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L). The BJP took advantage of the family feud and projected Akhilesh as someone who was “incompetent” to manage the state as he could not even resolve his family dispute.
Though this was not the only reason behind the defeat of the SP in the 2017 elections, family feud was the subject of discussion at that time.
in front of 2022 assembly electionstransfer of Aparna Yadav From Samajwadi Party to BJP with no ticket promise from Akhilesh, it is being seen by political experts as a backdrop to the rift in the Yadav family.
Aparna’s involvement also coincided with a tweet by PSP-L chief Shivpal Yadav, which refuted speculation that he was talking to BJP leaders. There is no truth in (former UP BJP president) Laxmikant Bajpai’s claim that I can join BJP. This claim is completely baseless and devoid of facts. I am with the Samajwadi Party alliance led by Akhilesh Yadav and call upon my supporters to uproot the BJP government from the state to ensure that the SP forms the government.
Meanwhile, congratulating his sister-in-law Aparna Yadav on joining BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that Netaji (Mulayam) tried hard to convince him of the pros and cons of joining the BJP, but Useless.
When asked to comment about Aparna’s switchover, Akhilesh said: “First of all, I want to congratulate her and convey my best wishes,” Akhilesh said. “I am glad that this is how our socialist (socialist) ideology has reached to other political parties. I hope our socialist ideology will help save the Constitution and democracy there (in the BJP), ”he said.
Asked if Aparna’s decision has the blessings of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh said: “Netaji ne bahut ki samjhauta ki… (Netaji (Mulayam) tried to convince him…).
Aparna Bisht Yadav joining the BJP was not the only case of a member of the Yadav family joining the saffron camp. She is the third member from the clan, and the second female member to join the BJP. Another member, Pramod Gupta, who is the brother-in-law of Mulayam’s second wife Sadhna Gupta, is also likely to join the saffron party soon.
Before Aparna, Mulayam’s niece Sandhya Yadav, who is the elder daughter of his brother Abhay Ram Yadav and sister of former SP MP Dharmendra Yadav, has already switched to the saffron party. Moreover, it was only a week ago when Mulayam’s grandson’s father-in-law and Siraganj (Firozabad) MLA Hari Om Yadav also joined the BJP. He is the brother of Ram Prakash, father-in-law of former Mainpuri MP Tej Pratap Yadav. Yadav had joined the BJP hours after his colleague Swami Prasad Maurya joined UP minister Dara Singh Chouhan’s resignation from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet on January 12.
Earlier, during the Panchayat elections, Mulayam’s niece Sandhya Yadav had contested as a BJP candidate from Ward 18 (Ghirour III) of Mainpuri.
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