Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya quits party, resigns as MLC

A week after tendering his resignation from the post of Samajwadi Party national general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the partys primary membership and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilMaurya resigned as the partys national general secretary on February 13 accusing the leadership of discriminating against him and not defending him over his controversial statements on the Ramcharitmanas and the Ayodhya temple consecration ceremonyHe will hold a meeting with his supporters on Thursday in New Delhi to decide his future course of actionI got an opportunity to work with you But after our talks on February 12 and my resignation as national general secretary on February 13 no initiative of any talks with me was taken due to which I am resigning from the primary membership of the party Maurya said in a letter to party chief Akhilesh YadavHe also shared the letter on his social media handlesIn a separate letter to the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Maurya said I was elected as a Samajwadi Party member in the legislative council As I have resigned from the primary membership of the party I am also resigning as MLC member of legislative council on the basis of morality he saidMaurya joined the Samajwadi Party from the BJP ahead of the 2022 assembly polls contesting the elections unsuccessfully from Fazilnagar His daughter Sanghmitra is the BJPs Badaun MPMaurya considered a prominent leader of the backward classes in the state has been a fivetime MLA He served as a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government leader of the House and leader of oppositionHaving joined the BJP from the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP he served as labour minister in the Yogi Adityanathled government between 2017 and 2022Apparently peeved by some Samajwadi Party leaders terming his statements as personal Maurya had said in his letter resigning as national general secretary I was surprised when a senior most leader of the party instead of remaining silent tried to break the morale of the workers by saying my statements are personal I could not understand that I am a national general secretary whose statement becomes a personal statement There are some national general secretaries and leaders whose every statement becomes a party statementHow the statements of those on the same post become party statements and mine become personal is beyond understanding he had further saidHe had also claimed that people from tribal communities Dalits and backward classes got inclined towards the Samajwadi Party due to his effortsIf 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 post he had saidThis 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