Maurya 'SP MPs Poised to Break Away from Party'

After Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, his NDA colleague and Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday reiterated that the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is headed for a split. 

Hitting back, SP’s Shivpal Singh Yadav said Mr Maurya cannot even win his seat but is talking about breaking SP MPs”. The Uttar Pradesh deputy CM claimed that about “26 Samajwadi Party MPs are ready to break away from their party”. 

Mr



Maurya asserted that the BJP is not involved; the SP MPs are themselves engineering the split.

My Yadav took a jibe at Mr Maurya and said, "He cannot even win his seat and has been defeated by the Samajwadi Party leaders multiple times. Now he is talking about breaking SP MPs.

Mr Rajbhar had on Wednesday indicated a major political realignment within the SP. Later in the day, Mr Maurya also repeated the claim while addressing a press conference in Lucknow. The SP chief rubbished the claims.