Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections: BIG BOOST! 11 MLAs from SP, BSP and Congress to join BJP today?

New Delhi: It's a shot in the arm for BJP!

In a major boost ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, 11 MLAs from different parties are likely to join BJP.

These 11 MLAs belong to different parties including SP, BSP and Congress, according to in CNN-News18.

Earlier, on Monday, Swami Prasad Maurya, an Other Backward Class (OBC) leader in Uttar Pradesh who had recently quit Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), had joined BJP.

The four-time MLA joined the saffron party in presence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah in New Delhi and claimed that if he received ample support from the party's leadership, then it would come to power in the state with a strong majority. 

The assembly polls are due early next year.

Maurya, who was the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly before he left BSP in June, said he was impressed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work to empower the weaker sections and lashed out at BSP chief Mayawati for turning her party into an "industrial house" and allegedly selling tickets.