India Via UP: Mulayam aide Ambika Chaudhary quits Samajwadi Party, joins BSP

In a major blow to the Samajwadi Party, senior leader and MLC Ambika Chaudhary Ambika Chaudhary joined the rival BSP on Saturday in presence of Mayawati. While addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Chaudhary cited infighting for his decision to part ways with the ruling party. Chaudhary said he was saddened by the way the SP patriarch was treated by his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.