Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief OP Rajbhar returned on Sunday, July 16, to the fold of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The transfer comes as a major blow to the opposition ‘unity’.
Taking to Twitter, Union Home Minister and senior BJP chief Amit Shah introduced the BJP-SBSP alliance saying that OP Rajbhar’s return to NDA will bolster NDA’s place in Uttar Pradesh and likewise give energy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to uplift the downtrodden.
“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. 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 oppressed will get further strength,” Amit Shah tweeted in Hindi.
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
Meanwhile, SBSP supremo OP Rajbhar additionally expressed his ideas in a tweet over his return to NDA after leaving the alliance in 2019. In his tweet, Rajbhar introduced that the BJP and SBSP will battle collectively to guard the nation and work for the weaker sections of society.
“BJP and SBSP come together. Bharatiya Janata Party and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party will fight together for the protection of deprived, oppressed, backward, Dalits, women, farmers, youth, every weak class,” Rajhar tweeted in Hindi.
मा०गृह मंत्री भारत सरकार आदरणीय श्री अमित शाह जी से दिल्ली में भेंट हुई और माननीय प्रधानमंत्री आदरणीय श्री @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व वाले NDA गठबंधन में शामिल होने का निर्णय लिया। मैं मा०अमित शाह जी,मा०प्रधानमंत्री जी,मा०मुख्यमंत्री जी,मा०जेपी जेपी नड्डा को धन्यवाद देता हूँ।
— Om Prakash Rajbhar (@oprajbhar) July 16, 2023
In one other tweet, he thanked Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as he met Shah right now earlier than re-joining NDA.
OP Rajbhar was elected to the Zahoorabad seat for the primary time in 2017. He was the minister within the Yogi Adityanath authorities for OBC welfare and differently-abled folks’s growth, however was faraway from the Yogi authorities in 2019 as a result of ‘anti-alliance activities’.