Former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada have joined Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, RLD, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, Ajit Singh said the party will contest from eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and his party will remain part of the Congress-led UPA and will not join NDA.

Amar Singh and Jaya Prada were expelled from the Samajwadi Party in 2010 for anti-party activities.