‘Mela Hobe’: Akhilesh Yadav's dig at BJP as he welcomes ex-UP minister Dara Singh Chauhan in party

Dara Singh Chauhan’s resignation came a day after Swami Prasad Maurya, another prominent Other Backward Class (OBC) leader quit the UP cabinet. 

New Delhi: After Dara Singh Chauhan resigned from the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday (January 12), Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav wasted no time in welcoming him to the party. 

Chauhan’s resignation came a day after Swami Prasad Maurya, another prominent Other Backward Class (OBC) leader quit the UP cabinet. 

Taking to Twitter, Yadav wrote in Hindi, "Hearty welcome and greetings to Shri Dara Singh Chauhan ji, the relentless fighter of the struggle for social justice. The SP and its allies will unite and take the movement of equality to its height... Eliminate discrimination! It is our collective resolve! Respect everyone -- space for everyone.”