UP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya Quits Team Akhilesh, To Float New Party
Swami Prasad Maurya, a prominent leader of the backward classes in Uttar Pradesh, today quit the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party. The 70-year-old leader - who has jumped from BSP to BJP to Samajwadi Party - declared that he will float his own political outfit on Thursday. The party will be named Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Partym, say sources.
