lucknow in yet another blow to samajwadi pary shiv kumar beria who was a minister in the akhilesh yadav government joined bjp on mondayconsidered close to akhileshs uncle shivpal yadav beria has been a fivetime mla in 2012 he won from rasulabad reserved seat kanpur rural in 2017 however he was denied a ticket by akhilesh who took complete control of the party after a rift in the yadav family surfaced just before the electionshe later joined psp l after shivpal formed it in after 2017 polls however when shivpal joined hands with akhilesh recently beria was not rehabilitatedjoining bjp beria termed sp as a party which operates from bungalowswhen i joined sp lohia used to be the leader then politics came from the streets today politics is being done from bungalows he saidhe praised shivpal calling him a good person we do not know what compelled him to join hands with sp he saidberia attacked rebel up ministers swami prasad maurya and dara singh chauhan who switched to sp recently calling them weathercock opportunists meanwhile sp mlc ramesh mishra too switched over to the bjp his tenure in the legislative council was to end on march 7 likewise bjps dhaurahra mla bala prasad awasthi who defected to sp a few days ago came back to the saffron fold