Akhilesh Yadav Unable To Tolerate Growing Stature Of Backward Class Leaders: Keshav Prasad Maurya

Keshav Prasad Maurya's comment assumes significance as it came minutes after tweets by the Samajwadi Party's letters to its ally and SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and his uncle and PSPL chief Shivpal Yadav.

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Updated on: 24 July 2022 3:12 am

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday accused the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav of not being able to "tolerate" any leader from the backward caste whose stature is growing.

In a tweet in Hindi, Maurya said, "SP president Akhilesh Yadav jee, you are not able to tolerate the growing stature of any leaders of the backward class. You want that there should be no bigger OBC leader, and you are anti-backward. Did you make any OBC leader a deputy chief minister when you were the chief minister? The backwards have reposed their faith in (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi."

सपा अध्यक्ष श्री अखिलेश यादव जी आप पिछड़े वर्ग के किसी भी नेता के बढ़ते क़द को बर्दाश्त नहीं कर पाते हैं. आप चाहते हैं, OBC का कोई दूसरा बड़ा नेता न हो, आप पिछड़ों के विरोधी हैं. जब आप CM थे तब OBC के किस नेता को डिप्टी CM बनाया ?

पिछड़ों का विश्वास @narendramodi जी के साथ !
— Keshav Prasad Maurya (@kpmaurya1) July 23, 2022

However, Keshav Prasad Maurya did not name any OBC leader in his tweet.

Maurya's comment assumes significance as it came minutes after tweets by the Samajwadi Party's letters to its ally and SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and his uncle and PSPL chief Shivpal Yadav that they "can go where he will get more respect".

Rajbhar had supported NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu, breaking ranks with the opposition for the July 18 election that brought to the fore cracks in the anti-BJP grouping.

The opposition Samajwadi Party had fought the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls together with Jayant Chaudhary's RLD, Rajbhar's SBSP, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), Keshav Dev Maurya's Mahan Dal and the Janwadi Party.

The Mahan Dal and the Janwadi Party have already severed ties with the SP. Apart from the SBSP, Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia also appeared to be inching closer to the ruling BJP over the past few months.

(with inputs from PTI)