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".

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party candidate Swami Prasad Maurya, who was a minister the Yogi Adityanath government and resigned from BJP weeks ahead of Assembly polls, on Thursday said that they have lost elections but not courage.

New Delhi Jan 19 PTI Union minister Anurag Thakur took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party after Aparna Yadav joined the BJP Wednesday saying SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadavs daughter-in-law and its leader Swami Prasad Mauryas daughter believe the BJPs rule is safe for womenSanghmitra daughter of Swami Prasad Maurya who recently quit the BJP to join the SP is a BJP MP and has said that she will not leave itEven Mauryas daughter and Mulayam Singh Yadavs daughter-in-law believe that bahu beti are safe in the BJP Thakur a BJP co-incharge for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls told reportersThe BJP leader claimed that there has been a lot of opposition within the SP and its allies over the names in the first list of candidates for the pollsThe kind of people given tickets have drawn a lot of flak he saidThe BJP has alleged that the SP-RLD list carries a number of people facing serious criminal charges PTI KR TIR

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Wednesday hailed the five-year tenure of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh saying that "Soch imaandar hai, kaam asardaar hai (Intentions are pure, work is effective).

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 13 (ANI): Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently resigned from Yogi Adiyanath cabinet, met Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav along with his associates on Thursday and said an official announcement of his joining the party will be made on Friday.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 11 (ANI): In a major jolt to the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, state minister Swami Prasad Maurya left the party, and will join the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday.

Lucknow Nov 29 PTI Community events like mass marriages put an effective control over social evils of child marriage and dowry Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday Adityanath made the observation while participating here in a mass marriage programme of 2503 couples belonging to Gorakhpur Maharajganj Deoria and Kushinagar districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh When a girl gets married in a mass marriage event two things happen firstly the child marriage cannot take place and secondly no one can take dowry said the chief minister Such programmes have an effective check and control over evil practices of dowry and child marriage he added Adityanath attributed the mass marriage event to Prime Minister Narendra Modis philosophy of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas an inclusive growth with a cumulative effort and trust of one and all The chief minister said it while also attacking previous governments and asserting that all sorts of discrimination have come to an end during the BJP rule in the state Before 2017 the benefits of various welfare schemes could not reach the poor labourers farmers and youths but after 2017 you must have seen that the poor have been linked to the government schemes for toilets housing power connection health and purchase of farmers produce the chief minister said Referring to the mass marriage event he said there is neither any distinction of caste nor of creed religion region or language Referring to the presence of a large number of leaders and officials in the programme Adityanath asked if anyone had ever thought of state ministers welcoming the marriage guests or peoples representatives or senior officials and even the CM himself attending such marriages and extending their greetings and blessings to the newly-wed couples This is the strength of democracy taking which into account Dr B R Ambedkar had framed the format of the Constitution giving equal rights to all he said The chief minister also appreciated the efforts of the Labour Department and its minister Swami Prasad Maurya saying the parents who were worried about the funds for the marriage of their wards have been helped by the Uttar Pradesh government by organising it in such a grand manner PTI SAB RAX RAX