SP leader backs Swami Prasad Maurya, SBSP chief calls resignation drama

A day after Swami Prasad Maurya resigned as national general secretary of Samajwadi Party SP national secretary Ram Govind Chaudhary on Wednesday wrote a letter to party president Akhilesh Yadav requesting him not to accept the resignation as he was countering poison being spread by RSS and BJPMaurya had on Tuesday resigned as the partys national general secretary accusing the leadership of discriminating against him and not defending him over his remarksIn his letter to Yadav Chaudhary said Under your successful leadership every worker and leader of Samajwadi Party is struggling to reduce the effect of this poison of communalism and hypocrisy Partys national general secretary Shri Swami Prasad Maurya is also strongly opposing this poison of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh due to which he is on the target of BJP and SanghHe said Maurya comes from a backward community and because of his fighting instinct he has a special place in this societyIt is in the interest of the Samajwadi Party that he continues as an office bearer Therefore I insist that you do not accept his resignation Chaudhary who is a former leader of opposition said in his letter to YadavReacting on the resignation former SP ally Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar told PTI This is just a drama Instead of resigning from the partys post he should have resigned from the post of MLC He became an MLC only because of the Samajwadi Party He has resigned from partys national general secretary post but will remain an MLC This is a dramaMaurya had made controversial statements on the Ramcharitmanas and the Ayodhya temple consecration ceremonyA member of the state legislative council from the SP Maurya had joined the Samajwadi Party from the BJP before the 2022 polls and unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls from Fazilnagar His daughter Sanghmitra is BJP MP from BudaunAlso read Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to join Congress Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar PradeshIn his resignation letter addressed to party president Akhilesh Yadav Maurya had said I continued trying to increase the support base of the party in my own way I tried to bring back the selfrespect of the tribal people Dalits and backward classes who had knowingly or unknowingly fallen into the BJPs web and joined the party by awakening and cautioning themWhen I tried some small and big leaders of the party tried to discourage me by saying this is Maurya jis personal statement but I did not take it otherwise he saidHe said Even when I attacked hypocrisy the same people were again seen saying similar things I did not regret this either because in accordance with the Constitution I am raising people with scientific thinking and bringing people to SPHe had said due to his personal efforts the partys support base increased and added that if there is discrimination even against someone holding the post of national general secretary then I think there is no justification for continuing in such a bhedbhavpurn aur mahatvheen discriminatory and unimportant postI will continue to work to strengthen the party without any post Maurya had said sharing his resignation letter on social mediaMaurya who is considered a prominent leader of the backward classes in the state has also been a member of the Legislative Assembly five times a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government leader of the House and leader of the opposition 201217 when he was in BSPHe was the labour minister in the Yogi Adityanath government between 2017 and 2022 and quit the BJP ahead of the last assembly electionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever