The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday issued a whip to its six former legislators in Rajasthan to vote against the Congress government in case ...
The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday issued a whip to its six former legislators in Rajasthan to vote against the Congress government in case of a trust vote, PTI reported on Monday. The six MLAs had left the Bahujan Samaj Party last year to join the Congress.
Bahujan Samaj Party General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra said in a statement: “All six MLAs have been issued separate notices wherein they have been informed that since BSP is a recognised national party as such there cannot be any merger under para [4] of the 10th Schedule at the state level at the instance of six MLAs unless there is a merger of the entire BSP everywhere at the national level.”
Mishra said that if the six MLAs vote against the party, they can be disqualified from the Assembly. “It has been further stated in the notice that therefore they are bound to follow the ‘whip’ of BSP failing which they would entail disqualification,” the statement said.
The legislators in question are Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana and Rajendra Gudha. They applied for merger with the Congress on September 16, 2019, a request granted by Speaker Chandra Prakash Joshi. The merger was an effort...
