Summary:
Lucknow, Oct 25 (PTI) Former BSP leaders Lalji Verma and Ramachal Rajbhar announced on Monday that they will formally join the Samajwadi Party at a rally in Ambedkar Nagar district on November 7 in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Rajbhar is the MLA from Akbarpur and Verma from Katehari constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district.
They were expelled from the BSP on June 3 on the charge of indulging in anti-party activities during the panchayat election earlier this year.
Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh are slated for early next year.
Once considered close to BSP chief Mayawati, the two leaders had served as cabinet ministers during the BSP regime in the state.
Before their expulsion, Verma was the state president of the party and Rajbhar the BSP Legislature Party leader in the Assembly.