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Setback for BJP: UP Minister Resigns from Cabinet, Likely to Join SP

Maurya, who is expected to join the Samajwadi Party (SP), said he resigning from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet "due to the attitude of gross neglect" towards dalits, backwards, farmers, unemployed youth and small traders.

"Due to the attitude of gross neglect towards dalits, backwards, farmers, unemployed youth and small and medium-sized traders, I am resigning from the council of ministers of Yogi (Adityanath) of UP," he said in a tweet in Hindi and the letter, which he posted on the micro-blogging site.