25-26 SP MPs Poised to Break Away From Party: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
Maurya said the Samajwadi Party faces internal dissent as the 2027 election season nears, while BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar predicted a major split.
- On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya claimed around 25 to 26 Samajwadi Party MPs are ready to defect ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, though he denied the Bharatiya Janata Party is orchestrating the split.
- Maurya alleged the Samajwadi Party lacks direction and internal unity, claiming Akhilesh Yadav's 'cycle' will no longer reach power and will remain confined to Saifai as dissatisfaction grows.
- The Samajwadi Party holds 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 10 in the Rajya Sabha. Bharatiya Janata Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed on Wednesday that a 'major split is going to happen' within the party.
- Responding to the allegations, Akhilesh Yadav dismissed the reports, stating 'people who get scared' spread such rumors. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena alleged its MPs were being offered Rs 15 crore to switch sides.
- With state polls expected early next year, Maurya emphasized voters seek development over caste-based politics. The ruling alliance maintains confidence in its electoral prospects as opposition parties face organizational challenges.
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25-26 SP MPs poised to break away from party: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya
Speaking to reporters in Kanpur, Maurya denied that the BJP is attempting to split the Samajwadi Party (SP), stating, “We are not breaking them; by 2027, they will break away on their own.”
Discussions of defections and rebellion have once again intensified. On one hand, there is speculation about several Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs rebelling, while on the other, UP Minister OP Rajbhar and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya are claiming a split within the Samajwadi Party.
Is SP heading for major turmoil? Keshav Maurya claims 25-26 MPs on verge of breaking away from party
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP), its chief Akhilesh Yadav and the opposition during his visit to Kanpur on Wednesday. Confident about the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) prospects in the state, Maurya claimed that the party would return to power for a third consecutive term in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and asserted that the Samajwadi Party's political f…
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