Lucknow, April 11 : It is the season of discord and divorce in political families in Uttar Pradesh.

Raja Bhaiya has filed for divorce in the family court in Saket, Delhi.  His plea to end his 28-year-old marriage is now listed for hearing on May 23.  The hearing was adjourned on Monday as family court judge Shunali Gupta was on leave. 

The counsel for Bhanvi Singh also sought time to file a reply. 

Differences between Raja Bhaiya and his wife Bhanvi Singh started surfacing when she filed an FIR for fraud against Raja Bhaiya's close aide Akshay Pratap Singh, an MLC, in February this year in Delhi. 

Bhanvi claimed in her FIR that Akshay fraudulently got his associate appointed as a director in the firm owned by her. She claimed that they wanted to usurp her company. Bhanvi said they forged her signature and made fake documents to appoint the director. 

However, Raja Bhaiya later told reporters that Akshay had not done anything wrong and he was with him.  People close to Raja Bhaiya claim that Bhanvi has been living in Delhi for the past three years - an indication that things were not well between the couple.