Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister and popular OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from his post on January 11. He was later welcomed by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to the party.
The minister in Yogi Adityanath-led Cabinet announced his resignation from the post on Twitter by sharing a letter written to UP Governor Anandiben Patel. Informing about his decision, Maurya said, "Due to the attitude of gross neglect towards Dalits, backwards, farmers, unemployed youth and small and medium-sized traders, I am resigning from the council of ministers of Yogi (Adityanath) of UP."
Soon after his resignation, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed him to the party. “Warm welcome and greetings to the popular leader Shri Swami Prasad Maurya ji who fought for social justice and equality and all the other leaders, workers and supporters who are coming with him in SP!,” the former UP chief minister tweeted.
Maurya, a popular backward caste face of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), had left the party in June 2016 accusing its chief, Mayawati, of corruption and “auctioning" seats. In August same year, he joined the saffron party in August ahead of the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.
Maurya was made Labour Minister in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet.
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