“The fact that Swami Prasad Maurya was the right person in the wrong party has been amply proved,” Yadav said, a day after the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly quit BSP accusing its leader Mayawati of auctioning party tickets for the 2017 Assembly election.
The Chief Minister was talking to mediapersons after a meeting of the state cabinet.“Maurya is a strong leader. We have good relations. It is good that he left BSP,” Yadav said. Though the Chief Minister said that it was for Maurya to decide which party he would join, speculation is rife that he could be inducted into SP and might even get a berth in the council of ministers when it is expanded on Monday.
“Where he will go, it is up to him to take a decision,” Yadav said. Attacking the BSP chief, Maurya on Wednesday had said, “Tickets are being openly auctioned by Mayawati on a large scale. She is not making the right choice of candidates.