ETAH (UTTAR PRADESH): The Samajwadi Party MLA from Etah Assembly constituency on Sunday quit the party after he was denied ticket while hitting out at SP general secretary Ramgopal Yadav, calling him a "traitor".
Ashu Yadav announced his resignation and said he will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections independently.
He alleged that the party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, and UP minister Azam Khan favoured giving him the ticket but Ramgopal did not let that happen. Yadav lashed out at Ramgopal and called him a
"gaddar" (traitor) who has damaged the party.
(With PTI inputs)