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BSP Supremo Mayawati Wasn’t Bluffing, Sends In Her Resignation As Rajya Sabha MP
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha member Mayawati (Ajay Aggarwal/ Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today (18 July) submitted her resignation from the Rajya Sabha, reports ANI.
Earlier today, the BSP supremo alleged that she wasn’t being allowed to speak in the Rajya Sabha by the chair on matters pertaining to the ill-treatment of Dalits in Uttar Pradesh. Criticising the Yogi Adityanath government in the state for its handling of the Saharanpur violence, she said, “Let me speak or I will resign”.
Mayawati’s walk-out from the upper house was met with mixed reactions with Samajwadi Party (SP) member Azam Khan advising her to not resign and focus on the 2019 general elections instead. The Congress demanded adjournment of the session and said it was “disturbing” to know that a Dalit leader wasn’t being allowed to speak in Parliament.
With inputs from ANI
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