By Online Desk
Ahead of the elections, another minister quit the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
Minister of Labour Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the cabinet and joined the Samajwadi Party.
Welcoming the move, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav took to Twitter and shared a picture welcoming Maurya and other leaders. He said, “Warm welcome and greetings to the popular leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who struggled for social justice and equality in the State, to the Samajwadi Party. There will be a revolution for social justice, there will be a change in 2022.”
“Despite a divergent ideology, I worked with dedication in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet. But because of the grave oppression of Dalits, OBCs, farmers, unemployed and small businessmen, I am resigning,” Maurya wrote in a stinging resignation letter.
Maurya, who hails from a backward caste, had joined the BJP before the 2017 assembly polls. He is the MLA from Padrauna. His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a BJP MP and represents Badaun in Lok Sabha.
The Uttar Pradesh polls will be held in seven phases — on February 10 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3 and 7.
The results will be declared on March 10 along with the four other poll-bound states of Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
