Lucknow: In a purported Instagram post that has now gone viral, Prateek Yadav, the younger son of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Union minister Late Mulayam Singh Yadav has spoken of divorcing his wife Aparna Yadav, accusing her of spoiling his relations with the family.
Aparna is a BJP leader and the vice-president of Uttar Pradesh Women’s Commission. Prateek is Mulayam’s son from his second wife Sadhna Gupta. That makes him the half-brother of Samajwadi Party chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav.
“I am going to divorce this selfish woman as soon as possible. She ruined my family ties. All she wants to become is famous and influential. Right now, I am very bad mental health condition, and she doesn’t bother. Because she is bothered about herself only. I have never seen such a bad soul, and I was unfortunate to get married to her,” Prateek allegedly said in the post shared from his official Instagram account – iamprateekyadav.
In the post, the Yadav scion also claimed that his relationships with his family deteriorated because of his wife, as reported by The New Indian Express.
However, Aparna’s brother, Aman Bisht, rushed to clarify that Prateek’s Instagram account was “hacked”.
Aparna, daughter of a senior journalist and former information commissioner Arvind Singh Bisht, got married to Prateek in 2011 and the couple have two daughters. Apart from Mulayam, their wedding ceremony was attended by several notables, including Bollywood great Amitabh Bachchan.
Interestingly, Prateek was present with Aparna on her birthday on December 4, 2025.
Politically ambitious, Aparna chose to relinquish the Samajwadi Party’s ideology after contesting and losing the 2017 Assembly election on that party’s ticket from Lucknow Sadar.
She joined the BJP ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections seeking a party ticket from Lucknow’s Sarojini Nagar seat but was not obliged. She currently serves as the vice chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission.
Prateek, despite having the Mulayam’s legacy, has stayed away from frontline politics. He is an entrepreneur involved in real estate and wellness.
