Om Prakash Rajbhar rejoins NDA, ends alliance with Samjawadi Party

Om Prakash Rajbhar, an influential leader among a section of the Other Backward Classes in Uttar Pradesh, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Sunday.

Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party had won four seats in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, which it had contested in alliance with the BJP. However, Rajbhar had a fallout with the BJP on seat allocation ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In the 2022 state elections, Rajbhar’s party allied with the Samajwadi Party and increased its tally to six seats.

On Sunday morning, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Twitter that Rajbhar has decided to return to the National Democratic Alliance.

“Rajbhar ji will bolster the National Democratic Alliance in Uttar Pradesh and the efforts taken by [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi ji towards the welfare of the poor and deprived will gain strength,” Shah wrote in his tweet.

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 (@AmitShah) July 16, 2023

Rajbhar told reporters that his party...

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