Lucknow: In a very important development of politically, the Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from his position, sending ripples across the political circle in a state of polls on Tuesday.
While Maurya did not reveal if he had resigned from BJP too, SP Head Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a photo that was not dated with Maurya said: “We welcome leaders of social justice and equality at SP”.
Sources close to Maurya, a MLA from Padrauna in Kushinagar and the Minister of Labor in the Yogi Cabinet, said he was expected to officially join the SP this weekend.
The development, significantly, came on the day when the top BJP brass met in New Delhi to complete the names of party candidates for the upcoming state polls.
Maurya’s division in the SP camp could lend a shot at Akhilesh’s arm that had positioned itself as the most powerful rival from BJP.
‘Maurya’s defection to SP can position Akhilesh as the most powerful rival from BJP’ in his resignation sent to Governor Anandiben Patel, Maurya strictly quoted the “great negligence” of the state government towards Dalit, a small class, and a small investor the reason behind his decision.
This development also sets speculation of rotating mills about several BJP MLA more related to SP leadership.
This also includes Tilhar Mla Roshan Lal Verma BJP which brings Maurya’s resignation to Raj Bhawan.
The source said Swami Prasad Maurya was associated with SP head for the past six months.
Both were also studied to hold several rounds of talks to discuss the fate of the politics of Maurya Maurya Sanghmitra Maurya, who happened to be a member of the BJP parliament from BADAUN – Parliament constituency previously represented by niece Mulayam Singh Yadav Dharmendra Yadav.
The source said that Maurya was not happy with the BJP rating response at his request to oppose a chair besides Padrauna in the upcoming state poll.
The source also said that Maurya was looking for a ticket to select the Assembly for his son Ashok, the BJP leadership was not ready to be accepted when his daughter Sanghmitra had become a member of parliament.
“Every climb will open the water gate because there are many prosecutors in the families of leading party leaders,” he added.
Maurya felt neglected and had stopped moving around the constituency of her assembly for almost a year after several initiatives and recommendations on development projects were left unattended, said source.
His defense to the SP camp has the potential to armed Akhilesh to fight the BJP steps determined to consolidate the most recent caste (MBCs), especially in the eastern region.
Development can also help SP to re-narrate being a party of socially socially socially socially Yadav communities.
Akhilesh has surprised the alliance with the former Ally BJP, Sbsp Head of Prakash Rajbhar in addition to lacking the BSP leader who was expelled by Ram Achal Rajbhar and Lalji Verma.
The Maurya community has a strong presence in and around districts such as Prayagraj, Rae Bareli, Kaushambi, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar.
This carefully with Kushwaha and Kashyap who determined the fortune in the region.
Not surprisingly, the CM representative and former Head of BJP Keshav Prasad Maurya was fast for tweeting Swami Prasad Maurya “to discuss” before making a decision.
In June 2016, Maurya had stopped from BSP after raising a rebellion banner against the Head of the Mayawati Party.
He then joined BJP and won from Padrauna beat BSP Javed Iqbal with a margin of more than 40,000 votes.
He has won a chair on BSP tickets in 2012 too, beat Rajesh Jaiswal’s Congress.
Significantly, in 2007 when Mayawati invaded power with the majority for the first time, Maurya lost from the Dalmau assembly chair at Rae Bareli.
This is his traditional seat that he has represented since 1996.