BJP on Wednesday got a boost in UP, where polls are due early next year, with prominent Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada joining the saffron party, snapping three generations of family ties with the opposition party and ending his proximity to Rahul Gandhi.BJP on Wednesday got a boost in UP, where polls are due early next year, with prominent Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada joining the saffron party, snapping three generations of family ties with the opposition party and ending his proximity to Rahul Gandhi.