Swami Prasad Maurya working as National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party has resigned from his post. He has resigned by writing a letter to Akhilesh Yadav the president of the Samajwadi Party. He has also said that he will continue to work as a worker in the party. In the letter, Swami Prasad expressed his displeasure over the party’s stance on his statements. Swami Prasad Maurya was unhappy with his alleged neglect in the party for a long time.
Swami Prasad Maurya has been in the news for a long time due to his controversial statements. SP and Akhilesh Yadav have also been uncomfortable with his statements many times. Ram Gopal Yadav and Shivpal Yadav have always stated the statements given by him from time to time as his personal opinions. At the same time, Manoj Pandey has said that his mental balance is disturbed. What hurts him more is that even within the party, SP President Akhilesh Yadav is not stopping the statements coming against him.
The accusation he has made on the party leadership of not giving proper participation to Dalits and backward classes is related to the Rajya Sabha elections. Here two out of three tickets have been given to the general category. Swami Prasad Maurya is said to be upset with this also. Leave aside his consideration in ticket distribution, despite being the General Secretary he didn’t get information. It is said that Swami Prasad is against making Jaya Bachchan a candidate for the fifth time.
Swami Prasad Maurya Litmus Test
Sources say that Swami Prasad Maurya has taken steps towards taking a different path from Akhilesh Yadav. His resignation from the post of General Secretary is like a two-way litmus test. Firstly, did the SP leadership come under pressure? Secondly, how much importance he will receive from any other parties?
Sources say if the SP leadership come under pressure, some tickets may be given at his request in the upcoming Lok Sabha ticket distribution. Swami Prasad Maurya’s daughter Sanghamitra is a BJP MP from Badaun, from where SP has given a ticket to Dharmendra Yadav. Furthermore, Swami Prasad wants a ticket from Amla (Bareilly) for his daughter.
Not happy with the ticket distribution
Sources say that Swami Prasad Maurya did not want Dr Naval Kishore Shakya to be made the candidate from Farrukhabad. Dr Shakya was married to Sanghamitra, but later got divorced. Hence Swami Prasad is not happy with this ticket distribution.
Swami Prasad is continuously attacking religious ostentation. In such a situation, he did not like the program of worship before the installation of Lord Shaligram by the SP leadership. Therefore, on the same day, he announced his resignation from the post of General Secretary.
Politics in UP started with the resignation of SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya. President of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Om Prakash Rajbhar has called the resignation a gimmick. He said that resigning from the post of General Secretary is a complete drama.