UP Politics: Dara Singh Chauhan joins BJP after quitting SP

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UP Politics: Dara Singh Chauhan joins BJP after quitting SP

Last Updated : 17 Jul 2023 01:26:21 PM IST

Dara Singh Chauhan joins BJP after quitting SP (File photo)

Former SP MLA Dara Singh Chauhan, on Monday, joined the Bhartiya Janata Party after resigning form the membership of the UP Assembly.

A former minister in the Yogi Adityanath ministry, Chauhan had walked out of the BJP to join SP in 2022 ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.

लखनऊ: समाजवादी पार्टी के पूर्व नेता दारा सिंह चौहान उत्तर प्रदेश भाजपा अध्यक्ष भूपेन्द्र सिंह चौधरी, उप मुख्यमंत्री ब्रिजेश पाठक और केशव प्रसाद मौर्य की मौजूदगी में भाजपा में शामिल हुए। pic.twitter.com/3pBKqXPaDC
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) July 17, 2023

He has returned to the BJP after resigning from his Ghosi Assembly seat.

UP BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary and deputy chief ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya, welcomed Dara Singh Chauhan back into the BJP and said that this would further strengthen the party.