"Final Nail In BJP Coffin, Wait Till Friday": UP Minister Who Quit Cabinet
NDTV
A five-time MLA, Swami Prasad Maurya delivered a veiled threat to the BJP - he referred to his picking the winning side before the past two Assembly elections
'All will be revealed on January 14 (Friday)' - influential OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya's response to furious speculation surrounding his political future after he quit the BJP and the Yogi Adityanath government yesterday ahead of elections in less than 30 days.
Mr Maurya told NDTV the BJP was "deaf to the problems of the backward classes" and that the party had "done me no favours by making me a minister". In fact, Mr Maurya argued that the BJP should be grateful to him for having ended its "14 years of banwaas (exile)" with victory in 2017, which he proudly linked to his coming on board - from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party - the year before.
"Kahan aane waale hai, kahan jaane waale hai, (where I am coming and where I am going) ... everything will be clear on January 14," Mr Maurya, widely expected to take at least four MLAs with him to Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, said.
A five-time MLA, Mr Maurya delivered a veiled threat to the BJP - he referred to his picking the winning side before the past two Assembly elections.
