<p>About ten members of the Uttar Pradesh legislative council, belonging to the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, will be joining the BJP soon.</p>.<p>All of them are Vidhan Parishad members, elected through local bodies, and their terms are coming to an end in March next year.</p>.<p>The names of these ten leaders have been cleared by the newly constituted joining committee of the Uttar Pradesh BJP, according to party sources.</p>.<p>All these leaders wield considerable influence in their respective areas and with support from the BJP, they will manage a comfortable reelection next year.</p>.<p>In the list that has been cleared for induction into the BJP, the most prominent name is that of Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu who is presently in the Samajwadi Party.</p>.<p>He is the nephew of former Prime Minister late Chandra Shekhar.</p>.<p>It may be recalled that late Chandra Shekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar has already joined the BJP.</p>.<p>Former Minister Markanday Chand's son, C.P. Chand is also joining the BJP.</p>.<p>Akshay Pratap Singh, a cousin of former minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh a.k.a. Raja Bhaiyya, is also quitting the Samajwadi Party to join the BJP.</p>.<p>BSP MLC from Jaunpur Brijesh Singh 'Princu' is also changing loyalties to join the BJP. He is considered close to former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh.</p>.<p>Interestingly, most of the leaders joining the BJP belong to the Thakur community.</p>.<p>Their joining the BJP is expected to give a major boost to the ruling party which had faced reverses in the panchayat elections held earlier this year.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>About ten members of the Uttar Pradesh legislative council, belonging to the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, will be joining the BJP soon.</p>.<p>All of them are Vidhan Parishad members, elected through local bodies, and their terms are coming to an end in March next year.</p>.<p>The names of these ten leaders have been cleared by the newly constituted joining committee of the Uttar Pradesh BJP, according to party sources.</p>.<p>All these leaders wield considerable influence in their respective areas and with support from the BJP, they will manage a comfortable reelection next year.</p>.<p>In the list that has been cleared for induction into the BJP, the most prominent name is that of Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu who is presently in the Samajwadi Party.</p>.<p>He is the nephew of former Prime Minister late Chandra Shekhar.</p>.<p>It may be recalled that late Chandra Shekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar has already joined the BJP.</p>.<p>Former Minister Markanday Chand's son, C.P. Chand is also joining the BJP.</p>.<p>Akshay Pratap Singh, a cousin of former minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh a.k.a. Raja Bhaiyya, is also quitting the Samajwadi Party to join the BJP.</p>.<p>BSP MLC from Jaunpur Brijesh Singh 'Princu' is also changing loyalties to join the BJP. He is considered close to former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh.</p>.<p>Interestingly, most of the leaders joining the BJP belong to the Thakur community.</p>.<p>Their joining the BJP is expected to give a major boost to the ruling party which had faced reverses in the panchayat elections held earlier this year.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>