In yet another blow to the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh, Minister Dharam Singh Saini resigned on Thursday.
Saini, a four-time legislator from Nakud in Saharanpur, is the third state minister to step down in past three days and the eighth MLA to part ways ahead of elections.
After resigning from his post, Saini has met with the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav. “I welcome him to the Samajwadi Party,” Yadav tweeted along with a picture of them meeting.
Earlier, Dr Mukesh Verma, MLA from Shikohabad Assembly constituency here, resigned from the primary membership of the party alleging ‘lack of respect’ by the government towards backward classes and Dalits.
