<span style="color: #222222;">Ahead of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Ex-IPS officer Aseem Arun joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today in Lucknow in the presence of Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and party's state president Swatantra Dev Singh. He had recently resigned from his post as Police Commissioner of Kanpur.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, former minister in the State government Dara Singh Chauhan formally joined the Samajwadi Party today. Mr. Chauhan was the minister for forest and environment in the Yogi Adityanath government.</span><br />''