UP Polls 2022: Another MLA quits BJP in Uttar Pradesh; 7 resignations in 3 days
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While quitting, Mukesh Verma, MLA from UP's Shikohabad Assembly constituency, said the voices of the backward classes, Dalits, unemployed youth, traders of medium and small scale industries and shopkeepers, among others, are being ignored
Firozabad (UP): In a fresh jolt to the BJP, on Thursday (January 13), Mukesh Verma, MLA from Shikohabad Assembly constituency (Firozabad district in UP), resigned from the primary membership of the party alleging 'lack of respect' by the government towards backward classes and Dalits.
Verma is the seventh legislator, including two ministers, to have resigned from the BJP over the last three days. "Since the voices of the backward classes, Dalits, unemployed youth, traders of medium and small scale industries and shopkeepers among others are being ignored, I am resigning from the primary membership of the party," Verma stated in a letter to BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh. He said he will continue the 'fight for justice' under Other Backward Classes (OBC) leader Swami Prasad Maurya.
Maurya, after resigning from the Yogi Adityanath-led cabinet on Tuesday, had alleged "gross neglect" by the BJP towards Dalits, backward classes, farmers, unemployed youth and small traders. Verma, also an OBC leader, also sent a copy of the letter to the party's national president JP Nadda.