Who is Swami Prasad Maurya?

Maurya also appealed to the people of the Nagina constituency to elect Azad with an overwhelming majority

Kushinagar and Deoria Lok Sabha seats will vote in the seventh and final phase of the general elections on June 1

The launch of Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party (RSSP) came days after Maurya resigned from his MLC seat and severed connections with the Samajwadi Party (SP)

He shared the letter on his social media handles

Maurya had on Tuesday resigned as the party's national general secretary accusing the leadership of discriminating against him and not defending him over his remarks

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is doing drama and trying to project that there was no Ram Lalla before this govt

Samajwadi Party Leader Swami Prasad Maurya has questioned the birth of Hindu goddess Lakshmi and said "How can Lakshmi be born with four hands?

"People talking of Hindu Rashtra are enemies of the nation," Swami Prasad Maurya added

The shoe did not reach up to Maurya. Party workers overpowered the alleged assailant and thrashed him

"Today there is an alliance between these three seats of power. When there is a threat to the 'raj gaddi', the 'seth gaddi' and 'mutt gaddi' come to its rescue by opening its coffers

In the video, Maurya can be heard saying -- "Mile Mulayam Kanshi Ram..." and pauses for the crowd to complete the sentence saying "...Hawa main ud gaye Jai Shri Ram"

Amid a controversy over Swami Prasad Maurya's remarks on the Ramcharitmanas, senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said he has been instructed not to indulge in such religious issues

This incident comes weeks after Maurya sparked a major controversy as he demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes

Maurya had demanded that either those parts be removed or the entire Ramcharitmanas be banned

The SP is positioning itself as the voice of the OBCs and Dalits, which, respectively, constitute nearly 40 and 21 per cent of the population in UP

By conferring the Padma Vibhushan on Mulayam Singh Yadav, the government has made a mockery of his stature and contributions to the country, Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said on Thursday

Booked for his comments on the Ramcharitmanas, Swami Prasad Maurya has refused to retract his remarks saying he had spoken on a particular verse in Hindu epic poem and not about Lord Ram

Maurya, who is also a member of the UP Legislative Council, has sought Rs 11.50 cr as general and special compensation for loss of reputation and family honour, mental torture and physical agony

He had also purchased special series numbers, all having at least two zeroes and the Lucknow registration, for his vehicles for which he paid Rs 1.10 lakh each.

Maurya's daughter Sanghmitra Maurya who is a BJP MP too supported her father's allegation as the Samajwadi Party condemned the alleged attack by power-protected miscreants