'Hope Aparna Yadav Takes Our Ideology To BJP': Akhilesh Yadav On Relative

Aparna Yadav -- wife of Akhilesh Yadav's half-brother Prateek Yadav, who is the younger son of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav -- switched to the BJP today.

Akhilesh Yadav, reacting to his relative Aparna Yadav switching to the BJP today, said he hoped she "carries our ideology to the BJP".

The Samajwadi Party chief also "thanked" the BJP.

"I want to thank the BJP that they are giving tickets to those who even we are unable to give tickets to," Akhilesh Yadav quipped.

Aparna Yadav is the wife of Akhilesh Yadav's half-brother Prateek Yadav, the younger son of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.