New Delhi: Samajwadi Party has suffered a big setback in Uttar Pradesh. Former MP Devendra Yadav, who was once close to former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh, has said bye to SP and joined hands with BJP. Yadav has accepted the membership of the party at the BJP office in Lucknow. Earlier, Samajwadi Party had given a shock to BJP by fielding its candidate from Shakya Samaj, which is considered a traditional vote of BJP. After this, BJP has made the battle of Etah interesting by including influential leader of Yadav community Devendra Yadav in the party, making a dent in the traditional Yadav vote bank of Samajwadi Party.
Devendra Singh Yadav, resident of Alipur Barwara, Kasganj, started his political career by electing the village head. After that Devendra Singh Yadav remained the block chief from Soro thrice. In 1979, Devendra Singh Yadav reached the Assembly for the first time from Congress and then in 1984, Devendra Singh Yadav became MLA from Samajwadi Party. After that, Devendra Singh Yadav became MP for the first time in 1999 from Samajwadi Party and then in 2004, Devendra Singh Yadav reached Lok Sabha for the second time from Samajwadi Party. In 2009, Devendra Singh Yadav lost the Lok Sabha elections to Kalyan Singh and after that in 2014 and 2019, Kalyan Singh’s son Rajveer Singh defeated Devendra Singh Yadav in the Lok Sabha elections.
