BJP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya said the MLAs will further strengthen the party. (File photo)
In a boost to the BJP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, a Congress and a Samajwadi Party MLA today joined the saffron party in Lucknow.
Congress MLA Pradeep Chowdhury and Samajwadi Party MLA Shyam Prakash joined the BJP here in the presence of party state president Keshav Prasad Maurya.
A number of former MLAs, MP and others too joined the party.
"Their joining will strengthen the party ahead of 2017 assembly polls," Maurya said before adding that the party would continue to protest against SP government and its policies.