MLCs rue 'Samajwadi akhada' & irrelevant BSP
Amit Shah was received by UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya at Lucknow airport on Saturday. Pic/PTI
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Two Samajwadi Party (SP) members and one from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday quit from the UP Legislative Council even as the two parties blamed the BJP for their move.
The resignations coincided with the arrival of BJP chief Amit Shah in the state capital on a three-day visit. "The resignations of the SP MLCs – Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh – and Thakur Jaiveer Singh from the BSP have been accepted," Chairman of the UP Legislative Council Ramesh Yadav said.
Akhilesh Yadav
'Political corruption'
Lashing out at the BJP, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "I will talk to Nawab, if he has not been kept hostage and ask him as to why he is not giving the ruling BJP leaders a chance to face the public. While political corruption is on a big scale in Bihar, it seems the same will be done in UP. People are watching."
In a statement, BSP president Mayawati said, "The political developments in Goa, Manipur, Bihar and now in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh prove that the Modi government has put democracy at risk. BJP's greed for power has turned into lust for power."
Mayawati
Unhappy MLCs
After submitting his resignation, Nawab said he was "feeling suffocated" in the "Samajwadi akhada" for the last one year and that he was ready to meet the BJP leadership if called by it. Jaiveer Singh alleged that the BSP has deviated from its path and, therefore, he resigned from the party.
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