Sarojini Agarwal had resigned from the legislative council membership on 4 August. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintLucknow: Former Samajwadi Party (SP) member of UP legislative council Sarojini Agarwal on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the ruling party’s headquarters in Lucknow in the presence of deputy chief minister and state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya. On 4 August, Agarwal had resigned from the legislative council membership, saying that she was not feeling comfortable in the party as senior leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was being ignored. “I had been a party MLC twice due to Netaji (Mulayam). On Wednesday, SP MLC Ashok Bajpai resigned from the UP legislative council.

Source: Mint August 12, 2017 09:56 UTC