An OBC leader from Shikohabad constituency in Firozabad, Mukesh Verma said that his resignation was because the BJP had neglected the backward and minority communities in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Mukesh Verma, an MLA from Firozabad in western Uttar Pradesh, is also an OBC (Other Backward Class) leader. ANI
An exodus of sorts is taking place in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, another BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, Mukesh Verma, has resigned from the party. His exit from the BJP marks the seventh such incident in the past three days.
Take a look at who he is and the recent exits from the saffron party.
Who is Mukesh Verma?
Mukesh Verma represents the Shikohabad constituency in Firozabad.
He is also an OBC (Other Backward Class) leader like Swami Prasad Maurya, who triggered the exits from the party on Monday.
In his resignation letter, which he has posted on Twitter, he writes that “in the past five years of the BJP government in UP no attention was given to the leaders and public representatives of the Dalit, backward and minority communities and the Dalits, backward farmers and unemployed were neglected.
“For this reason, I resign from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.”