BJP fields Mulayam’s niece in UP panchayat polls. Will there be more in 2022 assembly election?

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s niece has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls.

That the political unity of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family has broken since Akhilesh Yadav took control of the party in 2016-17. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s closest aide and youngest brother Shivpal Singh Yadav split away to form his own party. Muted opposition to Akhilesh Yadav is still there within the Samajwadi family. Now, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s niece has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls. Sandhya Yadav is the BJP candidate for the district panchayat polls in Mainpuri, the home district of Mulayam Singh Yadav. WHO IS SANDHYA YADAV?