Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Former Uttar Pradesh Minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) supremo OP Rajbhar on Sunday rejoined BJP-led NDA alliance.
SBSP chief OP Rajbhar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital.
Taking the matter to Twitter, Shah wrote in Hindi, “Met Shri @oprajbhar ji in Delhi and decided to join the NDA alliance led by Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. I welcome him to the NDA family.”
श्री @oprajbhar जी से दिल्ली में भेंट हुई और उन्होंने प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व वाले NDA गठबंधन में आने का निर्णय लिया। मैं उनका NDA परिवार में स्वागत करता हूँ।
राजभर जी के आने से उत्तर प्रदेश में एनडीए को मजबूती मिलेगी और मोदी जी के नेतृत्व में एनडीए द्वारा… pic.twitter.com/uLnbgJedbF
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) July 16, 2023
“The arrival of Rajbhar ji will strengthen the NDA in Uttar Pradesh and the efforts being made by the NDA under the leadership of Modi ji for the welfare of the poor and downtrodden will get further strength,” Shah further wrote.
Speaking on his decision to join the NDA alliance, SBSP chief, Om Prakash Rajbhar said, “We met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on July 14 and discussed various issues and decided to fight the 2024 elections together. I want to thank PM Modi, HM Amit Shah, CM Yogi Adityanath for taking us along.”
#WATCH | SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar speaks on his decision of joining the NDA alliance
"We met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on July 14 and discussed various issues and decided to fight the 2024 elections together. I want to thank PM Modi, HM Amit Shah, CM Yogi Adityanath… pic.twitter.com/gvI0whp1dl
— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2023
“We will attend the NDA meeting in Delhi on 18th July. The post of minister is not important for me. Now there is no competition in Uttar Pradesh,” Rajbhar added.
The SBSP, also known as the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, initially formed an alliance with Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party to contest the 2022 Assembly election. However, in July of the previous year, Om Prakash Rajbhar decided to terminate the alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
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Lately, there have been speculations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaging with Om Prakash Rajbhar in order to enhance the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) prior to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
