Will former MP Ravi Prakash Verma become troubleshooter for Congress?
Speculations about Samajwadi Party’s national general secretary and former mp ravi Prakash Verma joiningCongress have intensified. people of the congress party are admitting internally that with the coming of RaviPrakash Verma with them, it will be successful in attracting a large Kurmi vote bank. ravi Prakash Verma, whowas one of the prominent leaders of Samajwadi party, has resigned from Samajwadi Party. While submitting hisresignation, he talked about internal discord within the party.Samajwadi party may suffer a lot if ravi Prakash Verma, a big leader of Lakhimpur Kheri and who hasinfluence in the Kurmi vote bank, leaves SP before the lok sabha elections. According to sources, RaviPrakash Verma can join congress on 6th. According to political pundits, this is being seen as part of a largerstrategy for congress to tap the Kurmi vote bank in this lok sabha election.Kurmi voters have dominance on these betsRavi Prakash Verma was recognized among the great leaders of Kurmi. With his leaving the Samajwadi Partyand joining the congress, the congress will be affected in Kheri as well as in many nearby lok sabha seats.Along with Lakhimpur, there are seats like Dharohara, Hardoi, Shahjanhapur where Kurmi voters play adecisive role in the Lok Sabha. If we talk only about Kheri lok sabha, then the number of Kurmi is the highestamong the backward population of about 35%.Who is ravi Prakash Verma?Ravi Prakash Verma has been the National General Secretary of Samajwadi party, his father Bal Govind Vermawas elected mp from Lakhimpur Kheri lok sabha constituency from 1962 to 1971 and again in 1980. After hisdeath a few days later, a by-election was held, in which ravi Prakash's mother usha Verma was elected MP.After this she remained in parliament from 1984 to 1989. ravi Prakash was SP mp from 1998 to 2009, later hewas also a member of rajya sabha from 2014 to 2020.