In the 2017 assembly elections, Aparna Yadav ran from the Lucknow Cantt constituency and came in second. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party, beat her. In 2022, she joined the BJP.
The Uttar Pradesh administration, led by Chief Yogi Adityanath, has declared the selection of its state women commission office-bearers. Aparna Yadav, the sister-in-law of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, has been named vice chairperson of the panel.
Governor Anandiben Patel appointed Babita Chauhan to lead the UP. According to a formal announcement by Principal Secretary Leena Johri on September 3, the commission’s vice-chairpersons will be Aparna Yadav and Charu Chaudhary, representing Rajya Mahila Aayog, for a year or until the UP government makes a decision.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former chief minister and founder of the SP, has a younger daughter-in-law named Aparna Yadav. In the past, Aparna Yadav has praised a few of the BJP government’s policies. Additionally, she gave ₹11 lakh towards the building of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Mulayam Singh’s second wife, Sadhana Gupta, is the father of Prateek Yadav, who is married to Aparna Yadav. In the 2017 assembly elections, Aparna Yadav ran from the Lucknow Cantt constituency and came in second. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party, beat her with almost 63,000 votes. Prateek Yadav, the son of Mulayam Singh’s second wife, Sadhna Gupta, is married to Aparna.
In January 2022, she became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. “I am appreciative of the BJP. For me, the country always comes first. After joining the BJP before the 2022 UP Assembly elections, Aparna Yadav declared, “I admire PM Modi’s work.”
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, the saffron party, led by Yogi Adityanath, emerged victorious, securing 255 seats in the 403-member parliament. The Samajwadi Party secured 111 seats.
