Prayagraj: Puja Pal, MLA from the Chail assembly seat of Kaushambi, who rebelled against the Samajwadi Party, has openly come out in support of the BJP. In Phulpur by-election, Puja Pal is seeking votes by doing public relations in support of BJP candidate Deepak Patel. Puja Pal came into the limelight when she supported the BJP by cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections. After this, she kept meeting CM Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya from time to time. In political circles, there were speculations about Puja Pal's closeness to the BJP, but in the assembly by-election being held on 9 assembly seats in UP, she openly came out in support of the BJP on the Phulpur seat. She is not only supporting the BJP but is also going among the people and doing public relations. She also says that UP CM Yogi Adityanath gave me justice, so I am campaigning for the BJP candidate.

On 25 January 2005, BSP MLA Raju Pal from Prayagraj's City West assembly seat was shot dead in broad daylight. SP MLA Pooja Pal is Raju Pal's wife. Mafia Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were accused of her husband's murder. Pooja Pal had to fight a long legal battle in this case. However, Atiq and Ashraf have been killed. The CBI court in Lucknow has also sentenced several accused involved in the Raju Pal murder case.

The Yogi government of UP had helped Puja Pal in getting Raju Pal's murderers punished, after which Puja Pal had inclined towards the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections. She had rebelled against the Samajwadi Party and voted for the BJP candidate. Now in the elections being held in UP, she is seeking votes in support of BJP candidate Deepak Patel.