'Swami Prasad Maurya was only an opportunist': UP minister Baby Rani Maurya

Praising the BJP for giving a platform to a person from the Dalit community, she said, "From a mayor, the BJP made me a Governor and then a Cabinet minister. I am also the national vice president of the BJP."

New Delhi: Days after taking oath in the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 Cabinet, Baby Rani Maurya came down heavily on Swami Prasad Maurya, who had left the Bharatiya Janata Party to join Samajwadi Party (SP) before the state Assembly elections after alleging that Dalits were being neglected in the state, calling him an opportunist.

Baby Rani Maurya said that she would work for the Dalit upliftment and empowerment of women.

Speaking to news agency ANI, Baby Rani said that she herself belongs to the Jatav community, a Dalit segment of Uttar Pradesh, and added that the community is looking up to her with high hopes. 

Praising the BJP for giving a platform to a person from the Dalit community, she said, "From a mayor, the BJP made me a Governor and then a Cabinet minister. I am also the national vice president of the BJP."

"Swami Prasad Maurya was an opportunist. He had come to find opportunities. He went after doing what he had to do and see for yourselves what is his condition today," the BJP leader, who also served as Uttarakhand Governor said.