BJP MLA from Mukesh Verma has resigned from the party. He is the seventh MLA to have resigned over the last three days.
Adding to the growing worries of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, MLA Mukesh Verma has now resigned. He is the seventh MLA to have resigned over the last three days.
He is an MLA from the Shikohabad constituency in Firozabad.
Other MLAs who resigned from the UP BJP are:
- Swami Prasad Maurya, also a prominent Other Backward Class leader, had quit the state cabinet.
- Yet another BJP MLA, Avtar Singh Bhadana, quit the party on Wednesday and is joining the Rashtriya Lok Dal, an SP ally.
- Three other BJP MLAs announced their resignation from the party, seemingly in Maurya’s support.
- On Tuesday, BJP MLAs Tindwari’s Brajesh Prajapati, Tilhar’s Roshan Lal Varma and Bilhaur’s Bhagwati Sagar — had announced that they were leaving the party.
- However, two Uttar Pradesh MLAs Naresh Saini from the Congress and Hari Om Yadav from the SP joined the BJP on Wednesday, a welcome development for the ruling party as it deals with the sudden defections from its ranks.
