Revolt in Behenji's camp; Five BSP MLAs join SP

LUCKNOW: In an unprecedented development, five legislators of BahujanSamaj Party have withdrawn their support to the BSP's official candidate, RamjiGautam, for the RajyaSabha biennial elections. The five legislators informed the returning officers that their signatures as proposers for Gautam were forged. Immediately after informing the returning officer, the five legislators — AslamChaudhary, AslamRaini, MuztabaSiddiqui, HakamLal Bind and GovindJatav — went straight to the Samajwadi Party office to meet Samajwadi Party president AkhileshYadav.

This is the first time that the BSP has faced such a major setback, and that too, from her 2019 ally, the Samajwadi Party. The dramatic development that rocked political equations on Wednesday is bound to cast its shadow on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

On Tuesday, an Independent candidate, Prakash Bajaj, supported by Samajwadi Party, had filed his nomination papers, giving a clear indication of the events of Wednesday. BSP MLA Uma Shankar Singh has alleged that the five legislators who had rebelled against the party were being given 'benefits' of a money-bag and to stop Dalit leader RamjiGautam, from going to RajyaSabha. (IANS)

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