After joining BJP Aparna Yadav takes blessings of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

New Delhi: After joining BJP Aparna Yadav took blessings of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday.

Aparna joined BJP today in Delhi in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP State president Swatantra Dev Singh.

Aparna shared the picture on her Twitter account.

भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सदस्यता लेने के पश्चात लखनऊ आने पर पिताजी/नेताजी से आशीर्वाद लिया। pic.twitter.com/AZrQvKW55U

— Aparna Bisht Yadav (@aparnabisht7) January 21, 2022

In 2011, she married Pratik Yadav, the younger son of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Notably, Aparna made her political debut in the 2017 assembly elections in the state by contesting from the Lucknow Cantt seat. However, she was defeated by BJP’s Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who had secured nearly 63,000 votes.

Besides politics, Aparna runs an organisation named ‘bAware’ for the welfare of women. She also runs a shelter for cows in Lucknow.

In the past as well, she has praised BJP’s initiatives in the state and had also donated Rs 11 lakh for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Elections to the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.