UP elections 2022: Two sitting MLAs join Samajwadi Party ahead of polls
India TV NewsHighlights One from BJP and one from BSP, joined SP at its headquarters in presence of Akhilesh Yadav. The other is Digvijay Narayan alias Jai Chaubey from Khalilabad constituency in Sant Kabir Nagar. Ahead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party got a shot in the arm on Sunday when two sitting MLAs, one from the BJP and one from the BSP, joined the party at its headquarters here in presence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. The legislators are Vinay Shankar Tiwari from the Chillupar assembly seat in Gorakhpur and Digvijay Narayan alias Jai Chaubey from Khalilabad constituency in Sant Kabir Nagar. Former chairman of the UP Legislative Council Ganesh Shankar Pandey, who was fielded by the BSP in 2010 for the post of council chairman, also joined the Samajwadi Party.