Former Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Friday quit Congress and
rejoined Samajwadi Party, a move which is likely to shore up the SP's
prospects in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
The return of 75-year-old Kurmi leader in Uttar Pradesh to the SP fold assumes significance ahead of the Assembly polls as another Kurmi leader -- Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U chief Nitish Kumar -- is trying to make a dent in the SP votebank. Kurmi community is the second most dominant OBC caste and a major force to reckon with in the upcoming elections
Beni Prasad Verma, who met SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Lucknow this morning Friday May 13,2016, made the announcement at a hurriedly convened press conference where Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was present along with some other senior party leaders.
"I was feeling suffocated in the Congress for the past two years. I thank Sonia and Rahulji, but I could not adjust myself in the party in the present scenario. I rejoined the party as I could not oppose Akhilesh Yadav in the coming assembly polls. This party (SP) has been formed by me also and I had named it as Samajwadi Party," Beni said.
The return of 75-year-old Kurmi leader in Uttar Pradesh to the SP fold assumes significance ahead of the Assembly polls as another Kurmi leader -- Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U chief Nitish Kumar -- is trying to make a dent in the SP votebank. Kurmi community is the second most dominant OBC caste and a major force to reckon with in the upcoming elections
Beni Prasad Verma, who met SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Lucknow this morning Friday May 13,2016, made the announcement at a hurriedly convened press conference where Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was present along with some other senior party leaders.
"I was feeling suffocated in the Congress for the past two years. I thank Sonia and Rahulji, but I could not adjust myself in the party in the present scenario. I rejoined the party as I could not oppose Akhilesh Yadav in the coming assembly polls. This party (SP) has been formed by me also and I had named it as Samajwadi Party," Beni said.
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