3-time MP Ravi Prakash Verma quits SP, set to join the Congress
The Hindu
Ravi Prakash Verma, 3-time MP & SP leader, is set to join Congress on Nov 6. He resigned from SP citing disenchantment with leadership & divisive forces. His father & wife were Congress MPs before. He said SP no longer adheres to founding principles of change & justice for voiceless.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and three-time MP Ravi Prakash Verma quit the party on Friday and is set to join the Congress.
In a letter addressed to party president Akhilesh Yadav, Mr. Verma said, "He found himself unable to work for the party due to adverse internal party atmosphere in Kheri and he was resigning from the primary membership of the party."
Ravi Prakash Verma, considered a prominent OBC leader in electoral politics, has been national general secretary of the party. He was elected from Kheri in 1998, 1999, and 2004 Lok Sabha elections and was later elected as the Rajya Sabha member on the party's ticket.
Ravi Prakash Verma is likely to join the Congress on November 6 in Lucknow in the presence of state chief Ajay Rai.
Talking to PTI over phone, Ravi Prakash Verma confirmed his resignation. When asked about joining the Congress party, he said, "It would not be a 'joining' but his 'ghar vapsi."
His father late Bal Govind Verma represented Kheri in the Parliament as a Congress MP in 1962, 1967, 1972, and in 1980 till his death, after which his wife Usha Verma represented the constituency in 1980, 1984, and 1989.
Later, she joined the SP.
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