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SP decides not to submit any list to Governor
Lucknow, Aug 27: The Samajwadi Party today decided not to submit any list of its supporters to Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri and pressed for a trial of strength on the floor of the assembly but continued its efforts to rope in support from various quarters and claimed to have reached the majority mark.
Lucknow, Aug 27: The Samajwadi Party today decided not to submit any list of its supporters to Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri and pressed for a trial of strength on the floor of the assembly but continued its efforts to rope in support from various quarters and claimed to have reached the majority mark.
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said Opposition leaders had decided against submitting any list of MLAs supporting him as the appropriate forum to test the majority of any government was the legislative assembly and not Raj Bhavan
"The Governor should first invite us to form government and then we will prove our majority on the floor of the House," he said.
The SP's decision not to submit any list to the Governor, was, according to sources, influenced by the judicial pronouncement that the floor of the assembly was the right place for testing the majority.
The Governor had asked Yadav, who had staked claim to form the government yesterday, to submit a list of his supporting MLAs by Wednesday.
The details of the supporting parties and members given by the SP-led opposition left a question mark as it included eight members of the 111-strong BSP Legislature Party.
Legally, they are not in a position to split the party and could escape disqualification only if expelled by BSP.
Bureau Report
"The Governor should first invite us to form government and then we will prove our majority on the floor of the House," he said.
The SP's decision not to submit any list to the Governor, was, according to sources, influenced by the judicial pronouncement that the floor of the assembly was the right place for testing the majority.
The Governor had asked Yadav, who had staked claim to form the government yesterday, to submit a list of his supporting MLAs by Wednesday.
The details of the supporting parties and members given by the SP-led opposition left a question mark as it included eight members of the 111-strong BSP Legislature Party.
Legally, they are not in a position to split the party and could escape disqualification only if expelled by BSP.
Bureau Report