In a setback to the BJP, a senior BJP leader and a minister in Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh, Swami Prasad Maurya, has resigned to protest discriminatory treatment to Dalits and youth.
Maurya announced his resignation on Twitter.
दलितों, पिछड़ों, किसानों, बेरोजगार नौजवानों एवं छोटे-लघु एवं मध्यम श्रेणी के व्यापारियों की घोर उपेक्षात्मक रवैये के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश के योगी मंत्रिमंडल से इस्तीफा देता हूं। pic.twitter.com/ubw4oKMK7t
— Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya) January 11, 2022
Maurya was the minister of labour, employment & coordination in Adityanath government.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, “I do not know why Honourable Swami Prasad Maurya has resigned. I appeal to him to sit and talk with us. Decisions taken in haste are often wrong.”
Maurya later joined the Samajwadi Party and posed for the camera with Akhilesh Yadav. Three more BJP MLAs namely Brijesh Prajapati, Bhagwati Sagar and Roshan Lal Verma too have reportedly left the BJP.
सामाजिक न्याय और समता-समानता की लड़ाई लड़ने वाले लोकप्रिय नेता श्री स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्या जी एवं उनके साथ आने वाले अन्य सभी नेताओं, कार्यकर्ताओं और समर्थकों का सपा में ससम्मान हार्दिक स्वागत एवं अभिनंदन!
सामाजिक न्याय का इंक़लाब होगा ~ बाइस में बदलाव होगा#बाइसमेंबाइसिकल pic.twitter.com/BPvSK3GEDQ
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) January 11, 2022
Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in seven stages starting next month.
