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Former BJP MP Dharmendra Kashyap joins Samajwadi Party with daughter
Former BJP MP Dharmendra Kashyap and his daughter Kirti joined the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow on October 27.
Kashyap represented the Aonla constituency in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, and is from an Other Backward Classes community.
He had resigned from the BJP before meeting Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav earlier in October.
Yadav welcomed the pair, saying their arrival would strengthen the party in Bareilly, the Rohilkhand region and across Uttar Pradesh.
Kashyap alleged that law and order had collapsed in the state and that people from backward communities were being denied justice.
He also said bulldozers were being used against marginalised groups under the BJP government.
He promised that injustice would end under a future Samajwadi Party government, but no further steps were stated.
Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dharmendra Kashyap and his daughter, Kirti Kashyap, joined the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow on October 27, 2026.
Kashyap represented the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency in Bareilly district.
He had resigned from the BJP and met Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on October 11.
After joining, Kashyap alleged that Uttar Pradesh’s law and order situation had collapsed and that backward communities were being denied justice.
Yadav welcomed the pair, saying their arrival had strengthened the party’s PDA movement.
- Who
- Former BJP MP Dharmendra Kashyap and his daughter, Kirti Kashyap, joined the Samajwadi Party.
- What
- They joined the party. Kashyap had previously resigned from the BJP.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kashyap resigned from the BJP and met Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow, accompanied by his daughter.
Kashyap and his daughter joined the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow.
- Former MP
- Dharmendra Kashyap
- Daughter
- Kirti Kashyap
- Previous constituency
- Aonla Lok Sabha constituency, Bareilly district
- Party joined
- Samajwadi Party
- Joining date and place
- October 27, 2026 | Lucknow
What people are saying
The joining of former MP Shri Dharmendra Kashyap and his daughter, Ms. Kirti Kashyap, in the “PDA Movement” has multiplied our strength in Bareilly, Rohilkhand, and throughout Uttar Pradesh.
Bulldozers are used against marginalised social groups under the BJP government.
I assure that injustice will end and people will get justice in the future SP rule.