With the Bharatiya Janata Party securing a second term in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party broke two political superstitions that dreaded many chief ministers for the past 35 years.

UP assembly poll results: CM Adityanath breaks two jinxes that scared many politicians for years

Ahead of the Assembly elections in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joined the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh elections: Ex-chief minister's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav joins BJP

Five Indian states are going to polls in February in what is seen as a bellwether elections. The elections are crucial for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. They are being watched keenly in India, almost like the midterm elections in the US. In the next two months, elections will also be held in Punjab & Uttarakhand as well as in Goa and the northeastern state of Manipur. VO: Elections would be held for 403 assembly seats in UP, 117 in Punjab, 70 in Uttarakhand, 60 in Manipur and 40 in Goa.

India's mammoth state elections: Why are they significant?