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Resignations of 76 MLAs from UP assembly accepted
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi on Monday accepted the resignations of 76 MLAs from the house.
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi on Monday accepted the resignations of 76 MLAs from the house.
The resignations of 72 MLAs from the Samajwadi Party (SP) and four others have been accepted, Tripathi told reporters.
The speaker said that these MLAs had met him personally and after being satisfied, he accepted their resignations. The remaining 30 SP MLAs, who had resigned last week, had not yet presented themselves before him. The four other MLAs whose resignation had been accepted were Jantantrik Bahujan Samaj Party's Ram Ratan Yadav, Janata Dal's Ram Khilari, BJP's Chaudhary Ravindra Pratap (who had resigned also from the party) and independent Hari Prasad, who had earlier joined the SP.
The five left MLAs, who have also resigned, would be summonned to confirm their resignations, he said.
Tripathi said the list of the MLAs, whose resignation had been accepted, would be sent to the Election Commission. Stating that the resignations would in no way affect the business of the house, he said that the majority of the government in the house will increase as the effective strength of the house will be reduced.
To a question on the election of the new leader of opposition, he said he would take a decision in this regard tomorrow. After the resignations of the SP MLAs, the Bahujan Samaj Party has become the largest opposition party in the the Vidhan Sabha.
Bureau Report
The speaker said that these MLAs had met him personally and after being satisfied, he accepted their resignations. The remaining 30 SP MLAs, who had resigned last week, had not yet presented themselves before him. The four other MLAs whose resignation had been accepted were Jantantrik Bahujan Samaj Party's Ram Ratan Yadav, Janata Dal's Ram Khilari, BJP's Chaudhary Ravindra Pratap (who had resigned also from the party) and independent Hari Prasad, who had earlier joined the SP.
The five left MLAs, who have also resigned, would be summonned to confirm their resignations, he said.
Tripathi said the list of the MLAs, whose resignation had been accepted, would be sent to the Election Commission. Stating that the resignations would in no way affect the business of the house, he said that the majority of the government in the house will increase as the effective strength of the house will be reduced.
To a question on the election of the new leader of opposition, he said he would take a decision in this regard tomorrow. After the resignations of the SP MLAs, the Bahujan Samaj Party has become the largest opposition party in the the Vidhan Sabha.
Bureau Report