Lucknow: Just before the Uttar Pradesh elections Senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya today quit as minister and joined the Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav. This move from Swami Prasad Maurya has taken a toll over BJPโs Yogi Adityanath and Congress for the upcoming elections. In a major setback for the BJP weeks ahead of the state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a key minister along with three MLAs has quit the party.
- Swami Prasad Maurya, UPโs Minister of labour, employment & coordination, resigned from Yogi Adityanathโs cabinet today. He posted his resignation letter on Twitter. โDespite a divergent ideology, I worked with dedication in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet. But because of the grave oppression of Dalits, OBCs, farmers, unemployed and small businessmen, I am resigning,โ he said.
- After resigning, Mr Maurya met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Mr Yadav tweeted a photograph with Mr Maurya, welcoming him and his supporters to the Samajwadi Party. โI warmly welcome Swami Prasad Maurya, a leader who fights for social justice and equality, and all his supporters. There will be a revolution in social justice. Change is coming in 2022,โ Mr Yadav tweeted in Hindi.
- Mr Maurya, a veteran politician and five-term MLA, had quit the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 2016, accusing the party of running a โmoney for ticketโ syndicate. Ms Mayawati had denied the allegations. Mr Maurya then formed his own organisation called Loktantrik Bahujan Manch and was appointed a cabinet minister in Yogi Adityanathโs government in 2017.
- Swami Prasad Mauryaโs daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a BJP MP from Uttar Pradeshโs Badaun.
- Mr Maurya is a powerful OBC (Other Backward Class) leader representing the Padrauna constituency in eastern Uttar Pradesh. In a warning to the BJP, he told reporters, โWhat impact my exit will have on the BJP will be obvious after the 2022 assembly election.โ
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