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".
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.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 13 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya has sent legal notice for defamation to Noida Police Commissioner for linking him to Shrikant Tyagi over a "forged MLA pass".
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Arrested Shrikant Tyagi was using an MLA sticker on his car which was allegedly given by Uttar Pradesh MLC Swami Prasad Maurya who revealed this during police interrogation as the matter is being probed, Noida Police said.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Private secretary of former minister Swami Prasad Maurya, Armaan Khan and his associates were arrested for duping unemployed youth of crores of rupees in the name of getting government jobs, police said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Days after taking oath in the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 Cabinet, Baby Rani Maurya came down heavily on Swami Prasad Maurya, who had left the Bharatiya Janata Party to join Samajwadi Party (SP) before the state Assembly elections after alleging that Dalits were be
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 12 (ANI): Livid at his defeat in the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, former state minister Swami Prasad Maurya claimed "nag aur sanp ne milkar newale ko jitne nahi diya (cobra and snake joined hands to ensure that mongoose didn't win)
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who lost the assembly polls from Fazilnagar, has said that defeat and victory are part of democracy and the issues for which he left the BJP continue to be relevant.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): With the counting of votes underway for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll, several top leaders lost in the electorally-crucial state.