Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary and BJP national general secretary Smriti Irani joined party leaders in Gauriganj, Amethi on 14 October 2026 for an induction ceremony bringing three rebel Samajwadi Party MLAs — Rakesh Pratap Singh, Abhay Singh, and Vinod Chaturvedi — into the BJP.
Pankaj Chaudhary, president of the Uttar Pradesh BJP, formally inducted rebel Samajwadi Party MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh into the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Gauriganj, Amethi event on 14 October 2026; BJP national general secretary Smriti Irani was also present.
Rebel Samajwadi Party MLA Abhay Singh was inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary in Gauriganj, Amethi on 14 October 2026, with national general secretary Smriti Irani also present at the event.
Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary addressed the induction programme in Gauriganj, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, on 14 October 2026, marking the formal entry of three rebel Samajwadi Party MLAs into the Bharatiya Janata Party.