Political upheavals in Uttar Pradesh have begun with a vengeance as parties hunker down to decide on the individuals they will field as MLAs and many others, anticipating they might be denied a nomination, have started to switch party loyalties.
Dara Singh Chauhan, environment and forest minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, on Wednesday became the second minister to resign after Swami Prasad Maurya quit both the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.
Both assessed their chances and were given to understand that they would not figure on the BJP’s list of nominees. Both are likely to join the Samajwadi

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