Swami Prasad Maurya announced on Wednesday that he was joining the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) on January 14, just a day after resigning as a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
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On Tuesday, Maurya, who defected from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), announced his resignation as the state’s labour minister, citing the state government’s alleged neglect of traders and the backward classes.
The elderly politician, a prominent grassroots-level OBC leader, met Akhilesh Yadav, the former UP chief minister, after announcing his resignation. Following the meeting, Yadav sent out a tweet greeting the now-former minister; however, the SP made no official announcement about Maurya’s entrance. Maurya is expected to be accompanied by at least four legislators who resigned from the BJP in favour of him.
