Samajwadi Party leader Shatarudra Prakash joins BJP

Former Uttar Pradesh minister Shatarudra Prakash joined the BJP on Friday in Lucknow.

In a setback to the Samajwadi Party (SP), its MLC and former Uttar Pradesh minister Shatarudra Prakash joined the BJP at the saffron party's state headquarters here on December 31.

A socialist since his student days, Prakash joined the BJP in the presence of the party's state unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh.