Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati suspended seven rebellious party lawmakers on Thursday, who had opposed the nomination of their official candidate Ramji Gautam for the Rajya Sabha elections. The seven MLAs include Chaudhary Aslam Ali, Hakim Lal Bind, Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui, Aslam Raini, Sushma Patel, Hargovind Bhargava, and Bandana Singh.
The rebels had also met with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, prompting speculation that they might jump ship. Four of them had also submitted an affidavit, saying that their signatures on the nomination of the BSP national coordinator and the nomination of Ramji Gautam in charge of Bihar for the Rajya Sabha elections had been “forged”. However, the teller accepted Gautam’s nomination as the BSP candidate for the November 9 elections for the 10 Uttar Pradesh seats that remain vacant.
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Mayawati’s party had presented Ramji Gautam for the Rajya Sabha election on Monday even though he did not have the number to ensure his victory. BSP leaders had indicated that they expected other non-BJP parties to support their candidacy. In total, 11 candidates, including eight from the BJP, have submitted their documents for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh that go to the polls in the polls. biennial elections. .
Of these 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh that remain vacant, three were previously held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), four by the SP, two by the BSP and one by Congress.
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