UP: One minister, three other MLAs quit BJP in massive setback ahead of polls - Thee MLAs have announced they are leaving BJP in support of state cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned earlier in the day.
Another BJP MLA Roshan Lal Varma (Shahjahanpur) has said that he will leave the BJP at an appropriate time .Roshan Lal Varma, who came to Raj Bhawan with Swami Prasad Maurya s resignation letter, said that Maurya was unwell and hence he had .
Swami Prasad Maurya earlier in the day resigned Labour and Employment Minister in the Yogi government, just a month ahead of high stakes assembly elections. After Swami Maurya s resignation, reports of him joining the Samajwadi Party have surfaced.
Resignations are rolling out in the BJP in Uttar Pradesh with an alarming frequency, days ahead of the state goes to the polls in seven phases between February 10 and March 7.