BSP’s Swami Prasad joins BJP |
Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) former national general secretary, Swami Prasad Maurya, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2017. Maurya, who was leader of the opposition in the state assembly and a popular backward caste face of the party, was inducted into the BJP in the presence of the party’s national president Amit Shah and state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya. He had quit the BSP on 22 June, accusing its chief, Mayawati, of corruption and “auctioning” seats.While thanking the BJP for inducting him, Maurya said that some others from BSP will also be joining the BJP soon.
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