Speaker disqualifies four rebel Samajwadi MLAs

Lucknow, August 19 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad today disqualified four of the five rebel Samajwadi Party MLAs, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls and attended a BSP meeting.

The Speaker, who had reserved his judgement in the case of MLAs Ms Omvati, Ratan Lal Ahirwar, Kalyan Singh Dohre and Sunderlal on August 12, ruled their action was a violation of Article 2 (i) (a) of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution and hence, warranted their disqualification from the membership of the assembly.

Mr Pandey had yesterday fixed August 21 as the date of next hearing in the case of the fifth rebel MLA, Kamlesh Pathak, having separated his case as the respondent had tendered an apology to the party for his action.

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