Lucknow, Nov 14: The speaker of Uttar Pradesh state assembly Kesri Nath Tripathi has served a seven-day notice to dissident BSP MLA Jai Prakash Yadav asking him to file by Nov 20 his reply on a BSP petition seeking his disqualification under anti-defection law, official sources said here today.
The BSP legislature party had moved a petition yesterday asking the speaker to disqualify Yadav from the state assembly for speaking against the state government which, chief minister Mayawati claimed, comes under the purview of anti-defection law.

The petition, on behalf of BSP legislature party leader Mayawati, was given to the secretary of assembly secretariat R P Pandey by senior BSP minister swami Prasad Maurya.

According to sources, after scrutiny and verification, the said petition was found "technically correct" and subsequently notice was issued to the dissident BSP MLA, who represents Dhuriapar constituency in Gorakhpur district.

The speaker had asked Pandey to send the said notice to the Lucknow residence of Yadav and also get the same published in newspapers. Bureau Report