Two BSP ex-lawmakers, others cross over to BJP in UP

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IANS Lucknow
Last Updated : Jun 14 2017 | 4:13 PM IST

Two former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators and several others joined the ruling BJP here on Wednesday in the presence of BJP state unit chief and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Maurya welcomed into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fold former legislative council member Prashant Chowdhary and former Baghpat member of assembly Hemlata Chowdhary, besides Ghaziabad district panchayat member Amarpal, Avinash Tyagi, Pinkaj Gujjar, Kapil Pradhan, and Vivek Bharti.

The Deputy Chief Minister said everyone who believed in the ideology of 'Sabka saath, sabka vikas' was welcome to join the BJP.

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna was present on the occasion.

--IANS

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First Published: Jun 14 2017 | 4:06 PM IST

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