Updated On: 21 February, 2024 08:35 AM IST | Uttar Pradesh | ANI
After stepping down from the position of national general secretary of Samajwadi Party on February 13, Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the party on February 20

Dimple Yadav. Pic/ official Twitter account
After Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the Samajwadi Party, party leader Dimple Yadav on Tuesday mentioned how the party has supported him a lot since he joined the party and also asserted that the party respects him a lot. After stepping down from the position of national general secretary of Samajwadi Party on February 13, Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the party on February 20.
"I believe during the elections he joined the party but he could not win the polls. Despite that, the party made him MLC and sent him to the Legislative Assembly. Party has always respected him," Dimple said. Earlier, SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Tuesday said that he is unaware as to why Maurya took this decision adding that it is a matter of his "conscience."