Arrest warrant issued against Swami Prasad Maurya for 2014 hate speech
By Team Newsable | First Published Jan 12, 2022, 6:01 PM ISTMaurya has now been summoned to appear in court on January 24 in connection with a case of inciting religious hatred.
A day after UP Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the BJP, an arrest warrant was issued in a seven-year-old case stemming from a hate speech he reportedly made in 2014. A warrant for his arrest was issued in Sultanpur the day after he resigned. Maurya was summoned to appear in court today in the matter, but he did not appear. He has now been summoned to appear in court on January 24 in connection with a case of inciting religious hatred. At the time, he was a member of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya announced his resignation through Twitter. In his letter, he accused the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP administration in Uttar Pradesh of neglecting Dalits, farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and jobless youngsters.
दलितों, पिछड़ों, किसानों, बेरोजगार नौजवानों एवं छोटे-लघु एवं मध्यम श्रेणी के व्यापारियों की घोर उपेक्षात्मक रवैये के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश के योगी मंत्रिमंडल से इस्तीफा देता हूं। pic.twitter.com/ubw4oKMK7t
— Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya)Latest Videos
A few minutes after Swami Prasad Maurya released his resignation letter on social media, Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a photo of himself with the leader and welcomed him to the party.
सामाजिक न्याय और समता-समानता की लड़ाई लड़ने वाले लोकप्रिय नेता श्री स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्या जी एवं उनके साथ आने वाले अन्य सभी नेताओं, कार्यकर्ताओं और समर्थकों का सपा में ससम्मान हार्दिक स्वागत एवं अभिनंदन!
सामाजिक न्याय का इंक़लाब होगा ~ बाइस में बदलाव होगा pic.twitter.com/BPvSK3GEDQ
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Following the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya from the Cabinet and the BJP on Tuesday, three other BJP MLAs in the state followed suit and resigned from the party. Tilhar MLA Roshan Lal Verma, Bilhaur MLA Bhagwati Prasad Sagar, and Tindwari MLA Brajesh Prajapati are among them. Roshan Lal Verma, like Swami Prasad Maurya, has opted to join the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, which will be contested in February and March of this year.
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