Political drama in UP 67 BSP MLAs resign; 11 others join BSP
Lucknow,
Feb
24:
In
a
dramatic
move
just
48
hours
before
the
slated
vote
of
confidence
for
the
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav
government,
altogether
78
MLAs,
including
67
of
the
entire
Bahujan
Samaj
Party
(BSP)
MLAs
in
Uttar
Pradesh
today
resigned
from
the
state
Assembly.
The
BSP's
action
has
taken
out
the
fizz
to
some
extent
of
the
proposed
trust
vote
of
the
Samajwadi
Party
(SP)
government
and
it
is
likely
that
other
parties
like
the
BJP,
Congress
and
RLD
might
do
the
same
before
the
Assembly
sitting
on
Monday.
The BSP legislators have submitted their resignations to party supremo Mayawati, who will send it to the Assembly speaker.
The eleven other MLAs -- BJP-5, SP-4, IND-2 -- have also resigned and joined the BSP. The MLAs who have joined the BSP are Amar Singh Yadav and Mahesh Chandra (both Independents), Fateh Bahadur Singh, Ram Prasad Choudhury, Badshah Singh, Jagdish Mishra and Fagu Chauhan (all BJP), Mrs Omvati, Kalyan Singh, Sunder lal and Ratan Lal Ahirwar (all SP).
Talking to mediapersons here, Ms Mayawati said the state government was ''unconstitutional'' as the term of the present Assembly ends tomorrow. She also alleged Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey was ''biased'' and acting like a ''member of the ruling party''.
''The term of the present 14th Assembly expires on February 25 as the Election Commission had notified the new Assembly on the same date in 2002,'' she claimed.
She further maintained the Speaker has also failed to implement the Supreme Court verdict disqualifying 13 members of the Loktantrik Bahujan Dal.
'''Till date, the speaker did not release the fresh list of the Assembly and consider the fate of the remaining 24 MLAs,'' she said.
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