Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2022 | SP continues to attract Brahmin leaders
The Hindu
Latest entrant is former BSP MP Rakesh Pandey, father of the party’s sitting MP Ritesh Pandey
Former BSP MP Rakesh Pandey joined the Samajwadi Party on Monday, as the party continued to attract leaders of the influential Brahmin community into its fold ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
The development came a day after SP president Akhilesh Yadav, in a symbolic gesture towards the community, offered traditional Hindu prayers at the temple of Lord Parshuram built by one of his party’s Brahmin leaders in Gosaiganj area of the State capital.
Mr. Yadav offered puja and performed arti at the temple located in Mahurakala village near the Purvanchal Expressway, amid chanting of Vedic mantras by priests called from Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi and Prayagraj. Chants of ‘Jai Jai Parshuram’ resonated at the venue. Mr. Yadav later even tweeted the chant.
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