UP Elections 2016: BSP veteran Swami Prasad Maurya officially joins BJP

Bahujan Samaj Party's veteran leader Swami Prasad Maurya has officially joined Bharatiya Janta Party. BJP chief Amit Shah was also present at the event held at BJP’s central headquarters in New Delhi. Maurya had call it quits from BSP on June 22 over his rift with the party supremo Mayawati. Maurya, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly when he announced his resignation, was regarded as the OBC face of BSP. Read More: India News Today