The lobby of the high-end Taj Hotel in Lucknow was witness to some unsavoury scenes on February 15. The hotel was hosting a conclave organised by a private television channel and among those invited as guest was Swami Prasad Maurya, a senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Member of the Legislative Council in Uttar Pradesh. He is one of the tallest backward caste voices in the state and belongs to a community traditionally engaged in horticulture.
After concluding his session, while he was exiting the venue, Maurya got into a scuffle with Mahant (priest) Raju Das, a seer of Ayodhya’s famous Hanumangarhi Temple. As the two physically jostled with each other, their vocal supporters too clashed. Slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (Hail Lord Ram) and ‘Jai Samvidhan’ (Hail the Constitution) were thrown at each other, as Maurya was escorted to his vehicle by his supporters.
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