Lucknow, Feb 03: Sticking to her earlier stand,
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati turned down a request of
senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra to review her decision of
imposing Pota on Udai Pratap Singh, father of jailed
independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh.
Mayawati reportedly told Mishra she was convinced that
action taken against Udai Pratap Singh was correct as she had
documentary proof of the antecedents of Singh.
When contacted, Mishra told a news agency that he had requested the
Chief Minister to review her decision as Udai Pratap Singh was
a public personality with political stature.
She has politely refused to have a second look into the
case, he said.
Mishra said though he did not agree with her viewpoint,
he would not press the matter.
The national leadership has asked law minister Arun
Jaitley to look into the controversy of invoking Pota on
political leaders, Mishra said, adding "we are waiting for
Jaitley's verdict".
"Whatever decision the national leadership will take
would be binding on us", he said.
Bureau Report
