Maurya will be an 'asset' to the Samajwadi Party: Azam Khan

Fatehpur: The firebrand Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Mohammad Azam Khan has termed the former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya as an ‘asset’. to the party.

“Maurya is a good man and he will be an ‘asset’ for the Samajwadi Party” Azam said in Hathgava village after the Roza Iftar party on Thursday night.

In reply to a media query over the merger of Mukhtar Ansari’a Qaumi Ekta Dal into Samajwadi Party, the senior minister said it was the decision of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and he stands by the decision. In reply to another query of about resentment of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on the merger issue, he said it was his family matter and he would not like to comment on it.

Advised Mayawati:

Khan, advised Mayawati to get Maurya back into the BSP.

Attacked BJP:

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the centre was responsible for the Kairana issue