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Second Uttar Pradesh minister quits BJP; arrest warrant for Maurya

A 2014 criminal case was filed against Maurya hours after he quit BJP

Akhilesh Yadav welcomes Dara Singh Chauhan, environment and forest minister in the Adityanath government, into Samajwadi Party on Wednesday. PTI Photo
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Akhilesh Yadav welcomes Dara Singh Chauhan, environment and forest minister in the Adityanath government, into Samajwadi Party on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
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