Swami Prasad Maurya

Swami Prasad Maurya has a notorious history of insulting Hindu gods as well as their sacred texts including Ramcharitmanas.

Swami Prasad Maurya has been courting controversies for making disparaging remarks on Sanatan Dharma, Ramcharitmanas, Ram Mandir, and the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

Swami Prasad Maurya claimed that Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony was not required and it was a BJP, RSS and VHP event.

Supreme Court stays proceedings against Swami Prasad Maurya over derogatory remarks against Ramcharitmanas

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya has been making controversial statements against the Ram Mandir and the Hindu faith. Recently on 10th January, he justified the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government’s ‘shoot at sight’ order resulting in the deaths of numerous unarmed karsevaks in the year 1990, after the rath yatra.

SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya justified the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government's 'shoot at sight' order resulting in the deaths of numerous unarmed karsevaks in 1990

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also said that Hindu is not a religion. Even Gadkari had said the same thing in a media conclave," Maurya said while speaking at National Buddhist and Bahujan Rights Conference in New Delhi on Monday.

Swami Prasad Maurya, an SP leader, is known for making contentious remarks against Lord Rama, the Ramcharitmanas, and Brahmins.

Swami Prasad Maurya said, "How can Hinduism be a religion? The word Hindu originates in Persian, which means thief, despicable and lowly."

A district Congress leader from UP has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh as a bounty against SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya.