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Political shifts in UP: Akhilesh Yadav counters defection by welcoming BJP and BSP leaders.
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News18•15-10-2026, 14:05
Political shifts in UP: Akhilesh Yadav counters defection by welcoming BJP and BSP leaders.
- •Three rebel Samajwadi Party MLAs, namely Abhay Singh, Rakesh Pratap Singh, and Vinod Chaturvedi, joined the BJP during an event in Amethi.
- •In a counter-move, several prominent leaders from the BJP and BSP joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of Akhilesh Yadav.
- •Key leaders who switched to the SP include former MLAs Rajiv Channa and Vinay Kurali, along with several other former candidates and officials.
- •Akhilesh Yadav stated that as insult and pain increase, the PDA family grows larger and will continue to move forward unstoppably.
- •Akhilesh Yadav suggested linking voter lists with Aadhar data to eliminate electoral discrepancies and solve multiple voting issues.
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Abhay Singh from Gosainganj, Rakesh Pratap Singh from Gauriganj, and Vinod Chaturvedi from the Kalpi assembly constituency joined the BJP at an event in Gauriganj, Amethi.
Akhilesh Yadav suggested that since complete data is available through Aadhar, the government should link every person's Aadhar to the voter list to solve many problems and prevent issues like single individuals receiving multiple votes.
Several leaders joined the Samajwadi Party, including former Moradabad MLA Rajiv Channa, former Meerut MLA Vinay Kurali, and former IPS officer Aditya Prakash Verma, alongside other local leaders and former assembly candidates.
