Lucknow: Swami Prasad Maurya, whose resignation from Yogi Adityanath’s Cabinet has created a big buzz in the BJP. His resignation has brought a flurry of exits in the party. Today he said that he “hasn’t quit the BJP or joined the Samajwadi Party” yet.
“I have only quit as a minister. I will quit the BJP soon. For now, I am not joining the Samajwadi Party,” Swami Prasad Maurya told NDTV today, teasing a big reveal on Friday.
“I have rejected the BJP…there is no question of going back,” he qualified in the same breath.
He claims that his resignation has trembled BJP at Uttar Pradesh.
“My move has caused a bhuchaal (storm) in the BJP,” he boasted, adding that ministers and MLAs would leave the party along with him.
Just before the Uttar Pradesh elections Senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya today quit as minister This move from Swami Prasad Maurya has taken a toll over BJP’s 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.
As Maurya posted his resignation letter on Twitter, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had also tweeted a photo with him, welcoming him and his supporters to his party.
“Akhilesh Yadav congratulated me,” he agreed.
“I will speak to my people today and tomorrow. I will reveal my next political move on 14th (Friday). I will also tell you my decision and who will come with me.”
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