New Delhi. BJP MLA from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, Aditi Singh has made sensational allegations against senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. Aditi has claimed that when she left Congress and joined BJP, Priyanka tried to defame her personally. Aditi alleged that Priyanka had lured her ex-husband for a ticket in the elections and said that if you want a ticket, you will have to defame Aditi’s character. Aditi also told that my husband Angad and I are no longer together, we have been divorced.
”Told my ex-husband to talk smack about me for ticket”- BJP’s Aditi Singh makes a big allegation against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra#AditiSingh #PriyankaGandhi #Raebareli
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During a podcast interview given to ANI, Aditi said that during the ticket distribution in Punjab, Priyanka Gandhi put this condition before Angad and tried to pressure him into making derogatory statements against her. Let us tell you that Aditi Singh is the daughter of late Akhilesh Singh, former strongman leader of Rae Bareli and five-time MLA from Rae Bareli Sadar seat. Akhilesh Singh’s name was widely spoken in Rae Bareli. Akhilesh Singh died in 2019 due to illness. Aditi is now carrying forward her father’s political legacy. In 2017, Akhilesh Singh had contested the assembly elections while handing over the Sadar seat to his daughter Aditi. Aditi Singh has been MLA from Rae Bareli Sadar twice. Aditi Singh left Congress in 2021. After this, he contested the 2022 assembly elections from his traditional seat on BJP ticket and won again.
Aditi and Angad’s father Akhilesh Singh had established the relationship during his lifetime. Angad’s family has also been associated with politics. There was a deep friendship between Angad’s father Prakash Singh and Aditi’s father Akhilesh Singh. In Punjab, Angad Saini, like Aditi, had also entered politics in the year 2017 and was elected MLA from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Angad Singh’s grandfather Dilbag Singh has been MLA of Nawanshahr six times. Angad’s father Prakash Singh and mother Garikbal Kaur have also been MLAs once each.