Mayawati suspends 7 MLAs, says will back even BJP to defeat SP

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Thursday suspended seven legislators who opposed the nomination of her candidate Ramji Gautam for election to the Rajya Sabha, and vowed that BSP MLAs would assist some other dispensation, together with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to make sure the defeat of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in upcoming elections to Uttar Pradesh’s higher home.

At a digital press convention in New Delhi, Mayawati mentioned the celebration suspended the seven MLAs for alleged anti- celebration actions.

The seven MLAs — Chaudhary Aslam Ali, Hakim Lal Bind, Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui, Aslam Raini, Sushma Patel, Hargovind Bhargava and Bandana Singh —had betrayed the celebration for the lure of cash and election tickets supplied by the SP, the BSP supremo alleged.

The BSP would additionally transfer an utility to get the seven insurgent MLAs disqualified from the legislative meeting underneath the anti-defection legislation, Mayawati mentioned.

The nomination of Gautam to the Rajya Sabha was held legitimate on Wednesday for the November 9 polls to 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh which are falling vacant though 4 rebels claimed that their signatures on the nomination kind had been cast. The 4 had met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, sparking hypothesis that they could desert the BSP.

“BSP MLAs would vote for the BJP or any other party candidate to ensure the defeat of the SP in the coming legislative council elections,” Mayawati mentioned. The council elections are more likely to be held in January.

Mayawati mentioned her determination to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in an alliance with the SP was flawed. “Ignoring the anti-Dalit policy of the SP, I had taken the decision to go for an alliance in haste…The BSP mobilised its cadre and resources for the victory of the alliance…”. After declaration of the 2019 Lok Sabha election outcomes, the angle of Akhilesh Yadav modified, Mayawati mentioned.

Calling the allegations baseless, SP state spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary mentioned: “The truth is that the BSP has sided with the BJP. The SP had sincerely followed alliance ethics with BSP till it broke…As far as the BSP teaching a lesson to us (in legislative council polls), the BSP should first look at the number of MLAs they have.”