New Delhi, August 10: Former Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders Sanjay Seth and Surendra Singh Nagar, who had quit the party on August 5 and August 2 respectively, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.

The two leaders, who had also recently resigned from the Rajya Sabha, joined the party in the presence of BJP National General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav at the party headquarters here.

BJP Tweeted:

Seth's resignation comes as a major jolt to the SP as he was a close aide of party founder and chief patron Mulayam Singh Yadav.

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