LUCKNOW: The wave of defection of party MLAs engulfing the BJP on Thursday engulfed its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) as well as its MLA from Shohratgarh (Sonelal).Siddharthnagar), Chaudhary Amar Singh resigned from the primary membership of the party.
This was the first resignation by an Apna Dal(S) MLA.
After sending his resignation to the party’s national president and Union minister Anupriya Patel, Singh went to meet SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. He will join the SP on Friday afternoon.
Singh said he felt suffocated in the BJP as the rights of Dalits and backwards were tampered with. “Corruption was at its peak and we never felt like a public representative,” he told TOI.
The 50-year-old first-time MLA belongs to the Kurmi caste which is the main vote bank of the Apna Dal (S).
Their defection happened even after Anupriya asked for more tickets for her party’s candidates. In 2017, the party contested 11 seats and won nine.
Anupriya’s mother Krishna Patel, who is also the Apna Dal president, is part of the Bhagidari Morcha formed by SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, an ally of the SP.
The Union Minister is in a sharp dispute with his mother over the legacy of his father and Apna Dal founder Late Sonelal Patel.
This was the first resignation by an Apna Dal(S) MLA.
After sending his resignation to the party’s national president and Union minister Anupriya Patel, Singh went to meet SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. He will join the SP on Friday afternoon.
Singh said he felt suffocated in the BJP as the rights of Dalits and backwards were tampered with. “Corruption was at its peak and we never felt like a public representative,” he told TOI.
The 50-year-old first-time MLA belongs to the Kurmi caste which is the main vote bank of the Apna Dal (S).
Their defection happened even after Anupriya asked for more tickets for her party’s candidates. In 2017, the party contested 11 seats and won nine.
Anupriya’s mother Krishna Patel, who is also the Apna Dal president, is part of the Bhagidari Morcha formed by SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, an ally of the SP.
The Union Minister is in a sharp dispute with his mother over the legacy of his father and Apna Dal founder Late Sonelal Patel.
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