Ex-SP leader joins BSP

Former Samajwadi Party leader Priyank Hari Vijay Tripathi, alias Dhiru, today joined Bahujan Samaj Party in the presence of its state president Ram Achal Rajbhar at a meeting at Jagdishpur here.
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya, too, was present on the occasion.
Tripathi was denied an Assembly ticket by SP in the last elections, whereupon, he had contested as an independent.
BSP's Amethi unit president Suresh Kamal claimed that the development would come as a boost for the party in the region.