Mayawati slams Maurya for quitting BSP

Soon after Maurya, the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly announced his resignation, Mayawati told media that he had quit as he was unhappy after she refused to accept his demand for giving tickets not only to him but also to his son and daughter.

“I would have expelled him in a few days. He has done a great favour to the party by leaving it himself,” she said. 

Mayawati dared Maurya to disclose how much money he had paid her for his party ticket to contest the last Assembly polls. 

Maurya said earlier in the day that he felt ‘suffocated’ in the party and accused Mayawati of ‘auctioning’ tickets for next year’s Assembly polls. Mayawati said Maurya was insisting for tickets not only for himself but also for his son and daughter. “I said nothing doing. BSP does not encourage dynastic politics,” she said. 

“May be Samajwadi Party will give tickets to Maurya and his son and daughter,” she said.