SP leader denies giving MLA car sticker to goon neta Shrikant Tyagi, cries ‘BJP conspiracy’
India Today
Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya has denied that he gave the MLA car sticker to goon leader Shrikant Tyagi. He accused the BJP of a conspiracy to mislead the people and defame him.
Goon leader Shrikant Tyagi, arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a woman in Noida, was seen flaunting a sticker on his vehicle that falsely identified him as an MLA. During questioning, he allegedly revealed that the sticker on his car was provided by Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya.
On his part, Swami Prasad Maurya has staunchly refuted Tyagi’s allegation. He accused the BJP, the party Tyagi claimed to be associated with, of misleading the people with lies and deception.
“I didn't give any pass to Shrikant Tyagi. This is a lie of the BJP, it is a gimmick. BJP is blaming me for its mistake,” he told India Today/Aaj Tak.
Maurya, who is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, said he last met Tyagi in 2017. At the time, Tyagi had introduced himself as a BJP leader. Since then, there has been no contact between him and the self-proclaimed BJP worker, asserted Maurya.
“I haven't met him for the last four years. Why is the BJP repeatedly saying that I am related to him? He had a photo with several BJP bigwigs. Now that they stand exposed before the public, they are casting blame on others,” he charged.
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Notably, Maurya was a minister in the previous BJP government in the state. He quit the saffron party ahead of the assembly polls earlier this year and joined the Samajwadi Party. He claimed there is a conspiracy afoot to defame him.
