Summary:
Lucknow, Jan 19 (PTI) Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav tried hard to dissuade his daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav from joining the BJP, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday and quipped that he was “happy” the SP"s socialist ideology is expanding its reach.
Akhilesh Yadav also said he would decide on fighting the assembly polls after consulting the people of Azamgarh who had sent him to the Lok Sabha.
"First of all, I would like to congratulate and extend best wishes.
I am also happy that our socialist ideology is expanding.
I hope that our ideology will reach there and work to save the Constitution and democracy," the SP president told reporters in his first response on Aparna Yadav joining the BJP.
"Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) tried very hard to convince her," he said when asked if Mulayam Singh Yadav had given his blessings to Aparna Yadav for joining the BJP.