On Sunday, Maurya, considered a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh, had sought a ban on the work composed by the 16th-century poet-saint Tulsidas alleging that Dalits and women have been "insulted" in Ramcharitmanas.
Refusing to apologise for his remarks on Ramacharitmanas, Maurya said that the party is seeking justice for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the backward classes of the country.
Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav and challenged him to throw out SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya from the party over his remarks on the scripture Ramcharitmanas.
Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans on Friday demanded immediate action against the Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya over his remark on Ramcharitmanas, an epic Hindu religious book which is based on Ramayana.
Denouncing the slanderous remarks of Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya over Ramcharitmanas, Hindu seers in Magh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj demanded the government to take stringent action against the Samajwadi Party leader.
Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Tikunia incident in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh and son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, has been released from the district jail late on Friday evening.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Friday targeted the BJP-led central government, saying the Padma Vibhushan award doesn't do justice to the persona and standing of the late party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav as he deserved the Bharat Ratna.
Daughter of Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sanghamitra Maurya on Thursday reacted to her father's controversial remark on Ramcharitmanas and said that it should be discussed and not objected to.
Referring to the Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya's remark on the scripture Ramcharitmanas, BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary on Tuesday said that only an 'insane person' can make such a statement.
Maurya, considered a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh had on Sunday sought a ban on the work composed by the 16-century poet-saint Tulsidas alleging that Dalits and women have been "insulted" in the epic poem based on the Ramayana.
After Maurya courted a controversy alleging that certain verses of the Ramcharitmanas promoted "social discrimination", several party leaders on Monday opposed his remarks saying that his remark has nothing to do with the "party".