Swami Prasad Maurya to launch new party

LUCKNOW: Former national general secretary of Samajwadi Party Swami Prasad Maurya is scheduled to launch his own political outfit on February 22 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, sources said.

Swami Prasad Maurya with Akhilesh Yadav (File photo)

This came after Swami Prasad Maurya stepped down as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party on February 13. In his resignation letter to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Maurya said that he would continue working to fortify the party even without a position.

However, hitting out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘benefit’ remark on Monday, Maurya said, “He is not in power in the state or at the centre and is not in a position to give anything. I will return everything he has given me until now. Ideology is important to me, not the position.