SP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya Resigns from Party and Legislative Council
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Monday resigned from the party and also stepped down as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Maurya, a prominent leader from the OBC Maurya community shared his resignation letters on social media.
"I have resigned from the primary membership of the Samajwadi Party and also from the membership of the Legislative Council. I have sent my resignation to party chief Akhilesh Yadav," Maurya told PTI.
Maurya, who was considered a close aide of Akhilesh Yadav, did not specify the reason for his sudden decision to quit the party.
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4 killed as SUV rams into truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): Four people were killed after their SUV rammed into a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Saturday, police said.
The accident happened around 6 pm on NH-2 in Danua Valley in the Chouparan police station area, they said.
"The accident happened due to speeding and the SUV driver's attempt to overtake the truck, during which he lost control of the vehicle," said Saroj Kumar Singh, the officer-in-charge of the Chouparan police station.
The deceased are yet to be identified, he said, adding that the car has a Dhanbad registration.
Singh said the impact of the collision was such that the SUV was badly damaged.
"The bodies of the victims were retrieved from the vehicle and sent for post-mortem examination," he said.
