Will join Samajwadi Party on January 14, Swami Prasad Maurya said, a day after leaving the UP cabinet. India News – Times of India

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh): Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently left Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, will join Samajwadi Party on 14 January.
Talking to ANI, Swami Prasad Maurya told ANI, “I will join Samajwadi Party on January 14. I have not received a call from any big or small politician. Had they been alert on time and worked on public issues, BJP would have It doesn’t have to be faced.”
He further said, “Whether the BJP leader is big or small in power and position, it does not matter to me because the arrow has come out of the bow. Now there is no question of returning.
Maurya criticized the central government, saying that farmers were “on the streets” for a year. “The government decided to withdraw agricultural law Only when they saw their grassroots getting out of their control.”
“The poor people here are not getting the benefit of reservation under the BJP rule, all the vacancies are vacant. The state government is giving everything in the hands of private firms. Capitalists are getting encouragement. How can the government shy away from its responsibilities. Is. ?” They said.
In a jolt to the BJP ahead of the assembly elections in the state, Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned as a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday, said he will decide his next course of action after consulting his supporters.
“I have resigned from the Yogi cabinet keeping in mind the government’s attitude towards Dalits, backward classes, farmers, youth and traders. I have sent a letter to the governor. I will consult my supporters for a day or two, I will Karoonga Maurya told reporters on Tuesday, “Tell me the number of people joining me after two days.
In his letter to Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel, Maurya, who held the labor and social welfare portfolios, said he was “ignoring” the interests of Dalits, backward classes, farmers, unemployed youth and small traders by the state government. are resigning.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav In a tweet, he said that he welcomed Maurya to the party.
Yadav said, “I welcome Swami Prasad Maurya, who fought for social justice and equality in the state, and his supporters of the Samajwadi Party. There will be a revolution for social justice, change will come in 2022.”
Voting for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly will be held in seven phases.
Polling will be held in seven phases on 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7.
The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
In the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party got 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) won 47 seats, the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 seats and the Congress only. Could manage to win. seven seats. Rest of the seats were occupied by other candidates.

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