Lucknow: Women rights activist Nida Khan and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's former officer on special duty (OSD) Gangaram Ambedkar have joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Nida Khan, the daughter-in-law of Barelvi sect cleric Tauqueer Raza Khan's brother, joined the BJP at its state headquarters here on Sunday in the presence of joining committee head Lakshmikant Bajpai.
Activist Nida Khan, Mayawati's former aide join BJP in UP
Women rights activist Nida Khan and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's former officer on special duty (OSD) Gangaram Ambedkar have joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Activist Nida Khan joins BJp in Uttar Pradesh
Khan, a triple talaq victim, works to provide legal support to others who were divorced under this system. Besides her, Mayawati's former OSD and ex-national general secretary Ambedkar also joined the BJP. Bajpai, while welcoming them, said that in the present Yogi Adityanath regime the atmosphere of fear and hooliganism has ended.
PTI