Mayawati suspends seven rebel MLAs

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday suspended seven of her occasion’s rebel MLAs who had opposed the nomination of its official candidate Ramji Gautam for the elections to the Rajya Sabha.

Amid speculation that the MLAs could switch sides in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati additionally mentioned that to make sure defeat of Samajwadi Party candidates in future MLC elections, her occasion will vote for BJP or another occasion’s candidate.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister mentioned as quickly because the rebel MLAs be a part of any occasion, the BSP would take motion towards them beneath the anti-defection legislation.

She mentioned the occasion organisation has been knowledgeable that the suspended legislators shouldn’t be invited to any occasion perform.

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Mayawati mentioned that her occasion will go away no stone unturned to defeat SP candidates sooner or later even when it means voting for candidates of BJP or another occasion. Any candidate who dominates over SP’s second candidate will get BSP MLAs’ vote, she mentioned in a press release.

Suspended BSP MLAs say they don’t have any plans to hitch another occasion

Seven BSP MLAs, who had been suspended by occasion president Mayawati on Thursday, mentioned they don’t have any plans to hitch another occasion.

“It is the prerogative of the party president to take whatever action she feels is right but we are not joining any other party,” Aslam Raini, one of many rebels, instructed reporters.

The legislators are mentioned to have held a gathering in Lucknow following the announcement of their suspension on Thursday morning. They had opposed the nomination of occasion’s official candidate Ramji Gautam for the elections to the Rajya Sabha.

Mayawati introduced the suspension of Chaudhary Aslam Ali, Hargovind Bhargava, Mohd Mustafa Siddiqui, Hakim Lal Bind, Mohd Aslam Raini, Sushma Patel and Vandana Singh from the occasion with fast impact.

In a jolt to the BSP on Wednesday, six occasion MLAs reportedly met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and later threw hints that they could swap sides.

Four of the group of rebels additionally filed an affidavit, saying their signatures on the occasion candidate Gautam’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls had been solid.

The transfer turned out to be futile with the Returning Officer nonetheless accepting Mr. Gautam’s nomination because the BSP candidate for the November 9 biennial elections for the ten Uttar Pradesh seats which might be falling vacant.

Another rebel, Hakim Lal Bind, mentioned, “She is our leader and her decision is acceptable and welcomed. We have been suspended and not expelled. We are MLAs for 15 more months. Whom we have to meet – Mayawati, the BJP or the Samajwadi Party – only time will tell.”

Mr. Bind denied having met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and mentioned that he and the others had not signed on the nomination papers and subsequently, they opposed by giving an affidavit.

Asked if they are going to be taking authorized motion for misuse of their signatures, Mr. Bind mentioned that they are going to act provided that BSP takes any such motion towards them. Another rebel, Sushma Patel, who had accepted that she met Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, mentioned that assembly any chief in politics is just not a criminal offense.

“I have not violated any whip nor cross voted. I have no plans to join any party,” she mentioned. Rejecting allegations of accepting allurements from impartial nominee Prakash Bajaj, BSP rebel Chaudhary Aslam Ali, mentioned that quite the opposite, a number of the BSP leaders have benefited from the current authorities.

Expressing remorse, he mentioned that amongst others, he was not taken into confidence about how occasion candidate Ramji Gautam would win the Rajya Sabha seat with out the requisite quantity.

Meanwhile Prakash Bajaj, whose nomination papers as impartial candidate had been rejected by the returning officer, met SP president Akhilesh Yadav. He termed it a courtesy assembly to thank the SP chief for help.

Mr. Bajaj who filed his papers as an impartial candidate was supported by the Samajwadi Party. Mr. Bajaj, who claimed that he’ll strategy the courtroom towards the rejection of nomination papers, mentioned that every one features are being legally evaluated and motion will likely be taken accordingly.

Admitting that there had been some minor lapses in his nomination papers, he mentioned that these, nevertheless, couldn’t be the idea of rejection and claimed it had been carried out in an unlawful method. “In fact I had filed two set of nominations, while the RO said that only one set is present. We have proof of it,” he added.