After Swami Prasad Maurya Resigns from BJP, Three MLAs Quit the Party
GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 12th Jan. After the resignation of UP cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya from the BJP on Tuesday, the party suffered yet another setback when three of its MLAs resigned citing “ignorance of the state government” of the poor and weaker section of society.
These MLAs include Brajesh Prajapati, Bhagwati Prasad, and Roshan Lal Verma. The MLAs, however, are yet to decide on their future course of action.
MLA Brajesh Prajapati citing the reason for the resignation said that their demand for the caste-wise census for the OBC was overlooked by the BJP government adding that recruitments to various departments were being done in a wrong manner.
“The BJP government ignored the poor and the weaker section of the society, especially the minority community and the Dalits. We were demanding the caste-based census of the OBC, but it was not done. The reservation was overlooked in the recruitments made in different departments of the state. Recruitments were made in the wrong manner. We put forward our points on the appropriate platform when no change was witnessed, then we had to take this decision today,” Prajapati said.
However, Prajapati did not reveal which party he will join and added that he will follow whatever his leader (Swami Prasad Maurya) decides.
“We cannot take the call, our leader will decide. Whatever he decides, will be complied,” Prajapati said.
MLA Bhagwati Prasad said, “We have been mulling on the resignation for long now and today we have taken this decision keeping the welfare of the society in mind. We want to join a party that works for the welfare of the people. You will get to know which party we will join in a few days,” Prasad said.
Earlier in the day, in a letter to Governor Anandiben Patel, Swami Prasad Maurya, who held portfolios of labor and social welfare, said he was resigning as the state government “ignoring interests” of Dalits, backward sections, farmers, unemployed youth and small traders.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Maurya to the party.
“I welcome Swami Prasad Maurya, who struggled for social justice and equality in the state, and his supporters to the Samajwadi Party. There will be a revolution for social justice, there will be a change in 2022,” Yadav tweeted.
Swami Prasad Maurya said that he kept bringing issues related to weaker sections to the government but to no avail.
“I kept bringing the issues to the notice of the government and the national leaders on the appropriate platform. I was heard, but it did not yield any result,” Maurya said.
Swami Prasad Maurya is a prominent leader from the OBC (Other Backward Class) community in the state.
Maurya had joined the BJP from Bahujan Samaj Party in 2016.
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