Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the BJP. Four more MLAs close to him announced their resignations from BJP a few hours later.
In yet another setback for the BJP, influential 'Gujjar' leader and party legislator from Muzaffarnagar district Avtar Singh Bhadana on Wednesday resigned from the saffron party and joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). According to the sources in the RLD, Bhadana had a meeting with RLD president Jayant Chaudhary in Delhi after which he announced his decision to quit the BJP.
Vibha SharmaTribune News ServiceNew Delhi, January 12
A day after four BJP MLAs, including state minister Swami Prasad Maurya, resigned from the cabinet of Adityanath, the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh