Lucknow, Sept 10: With three more BSP rebels getting the Speaker's recognition as members of the Loktanrik Bahujan party and merger of one member Janata Party, the ruling Samajwadi Party's strength in Uttar Pradesh assembly has gone up to 185. Earlier the Speaker Kesari Nath Tripathi had granted recognition to 37 BSP MLAs who had split to form a separate party and merged with the Samajwadi Party on September 6 last.
Vidhan Sabha secretariat sources said here today that these three BSP MLAs Ramji Shukla, Surendra Patel and Dharampal met Tripathi yesterday. A letter in this regard, signed by these MLAs was earlier submitted to the Speaker on September 6. Bureau Report