Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has suspended one of the lawmakers of her party after he openly declared that he voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections.
BSP was defeated by the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections after she helped the SP win two parliamentary seats in the recent bypolls. The former UP CM said her party’s partnership with the Samajwadi Party will remain intact despite her party candidate's loss in the elections.
Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Anil Kumar Singh, 37, said that he had cross-voted. “I am with Maharaj-ji (Yogi Adityanath).”
A BJP-backed candidate, Anil Aggarwal, defeated the BSP's Bhim Rao Ambedkar in the elections. The BJP currently has 9 Rajya Sabha seats from UP and while Samajwadi Party has one seat for its candidate Jaya Bachchan.
