BJP against 'walkover'; RLD to boycott assy proceedings tomorrow

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Lucknow, Feb 25 (UNI) BJP the principal opposition in the UP assembly, today said it was against providing a 'walkover' to Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav tomorrow when he proposes to seek a trust vote.

Talking to reporters here after the party's legislature party meeting, Leader of the Opposition Lalji Tandon said, unlike Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), BJP was against providing the ruling party with a 'walkover.' ''We would attend the assembly proceedings and raise issues of puiblic interest,'' he said.

''There is no way, the Mulayam government could have proved its majority on floor of the house on February 26, but after the resignation of 67 BSP members, now the ball is in the government's court,'' Mr Tandon added.

He said the BSP's move was detrimental to the opposition unity against SP in the assembly, thus giving the latter a 'walkover' on the confidence vote.

BJP has convened an emergency legislature party meeting tomorrow to discuss the emergent political situation.

Earlier today, former Union minister Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) announced its decision to boycott the assembly proceedings.

''Once assembly elections are announced, there practically lies no need to seek a trust vote...It is a political stunt at best,'' said RLD general secretary Munna Singh Chauhan here today.

He claimed that the February 14 decision of the Supreme Court disqualifying 13 MLAs of BSP's splinter group proves that the government is illegal. ''Even after the decision if the Samajwadi Party wants to seek trust vote, then we cannot be a part of the stunt,'' he added.

The party has 15 MLAs in the state assembly and had recently withdrawn support from the Mulayam government.

In the Legislative Council, RLD MLCs would protest the finance bill the government proposes to bring in tomorrow.

This will be for the first time that a majority government will seek a confidence vote on simultaneous sittings of the House. The SP government had gone for the trust vote on January 25, the last sitting day of the present session while it will do again tomorrow. Though there is no demand for the confidence vote, the government is set to do it to prove its majority after the SC verdict disqualifying 13 MLAs of the BSP's splinter group.

Yesterday, BSP supremo Mayawati had announced resignation of all party legislators along with 11 MLAs of other parties, including five of BJP, four of SP and two Independents.

Ms Mayawati said the state government was ''unconstitutional'' and it was ''immoral'' for the government to continue.

UNI

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