UP Polls 2022 BJP's crisis in UP deepens as 7th MLA quits party ahead of polls
Lucknow/IBNS/UNI: Deepening the crisis in the saffron brigade in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs including a minister have deserted the ruling camp in three days with barely a few weeks to go for the next assembly elections.
As the BJP top brass is in a huddle to finalise the candidate list, BJP MLA and another OBC leader, Dr. Mukesh Verma, has resigned from the party.
Verma in his resignation sent to BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh has termed OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanat cabinet on Tuesday, as his leader and has accused the party of neglecting Dalits and backwards.
Dr. Mukesh Verma | Image Credit: UNI
It may be noted that Maurya's resignation was followed by Forest Minister Dara Singh Chauhan, who quit Adityanath's cabinet on Wednesday.
In between, few other MLAs, who are supporters of Maurya, have distanced themselves from the party.
Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in seven phases from Feb 10 to Mar 7.
The results will be declared on Mar 10.
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