Mulayam Singh Yadav’s grand-daughter welcomes CM Yogi with ‘tilak’. Watch

Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party secured 111 seats and 32.06% of the votes to emerge as the principal opposition party in the state.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's grand-daughter was seen welcoming Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow in a video tweeted by news agency ANI.

Aparna Yadav and her daughter reached Yogi Adityanath's office on Friday morning to congratulate him for winning. (ANI)

Aparna Yadav, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh’s younger daughter-in-law, quit the party and joined the BJP on January 19 - a month before the UP Assembly election.

Aparna Yadav and her daughter reached Yogi Adityanath's office on Friday morning to congratulate him for winning the election and greeted the BJP leader by applying a 'tilak' mark to his forehead.

On Thursday she expressed her contentment as the ruling BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh polls once again. "Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai sabke sab hein bhaajpayee. (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christians... all are BJP suppporters). This is an answer to all those who divided the state on the basis of appeasement politics, caste. We are forming a government with 'Jai Shri Ram' on March 10. Can't get a better government than this,” ANI quoted her as saying.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies retained power in Uttar Pradesh, which went to polls over seven phases. The first was on February 10 and the final leg was conducted on March 7. The BJP, which won 312 seats on its own, and 325 with its allies in 2017, came down to 255 (273 with allies) in the 403-member assembly in this election.

Despite the slight reduction in numbers, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) continues to be well above the majority mark of 202.

Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party secured 111 seats and 32.06 per cent of the votes to emerge as the principal opposition party in the state.