<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party MLC and former minister Chaudhary Virendra Singh joined BJP in Lucknow today, in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Singh joined BJP along with several leaders from western Uttar Pradesh. Mr Singh, a six-time MLA, is said to have a big influence in politics of western Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party has declared names of two more candidates to contest Lok Sabha polls. The party fielded Rambhual Nishad from Gorakhpur and Ram Kumar from Kanpur. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The party has replaced its candidate for Muradabad parliamentary seat. Dr S T Hassan is the candidate for the seat now, replacing Nasir Qureshi.</span><br />''