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.
Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Nand Gopal Nandi was sentenced to 1-year imprisonment by a state court for attacking rival (Samajwadi Party) party workers during the 2014 election rally.
While the controversy around the remark against Ramcharitmanas figured prominently in the discourse at the seers' meet, they arrived at the consensus that implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would go a long way to stopping such 'attacks on Hindu society'.
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.
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".
The Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday, sparked a major controversy after he demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.
Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party, alleging that there was 'mafia rule' in the state before 2017.
"Yesterday, BJP accepted that only 400 days are left for them in power now. Those who start counting their days, can't remain in power. Now, only 399 days are remaining," the Samajwadi Party chief said at the rally.
The Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday met uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav at his residence raising the speculation that the latter would be given major responsibility in the party high.