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SP Majority In UP Legislative Council Set To Be Reduced Further As 3 Of Its MLCs Meet CM Yogi To Discuss Joining BJP
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Three more Samajwadi Party (SP) members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon.
These three MLCs -- Ramesh Misra, Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu and C. P. Chand -- met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur on Wednesday and discussed the matter.
All three were elected from the local bodies and their term expires on 7 March, 2022.
Ramesh Misra belongs to Hamirpur, Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu is from Ballia and C. P. Chand is from Maharajganj.
It is noteworthy that the BJP, at present, lacks a majority in the 100-member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, where the Samajwadi Party has 55 members and the BJP only 21 and the BSP is left with 8 members.
The ruling party wants to firm up its strength in order to make the legislation process smooth.
A year ago, three SP MLCs -- Yeshwant Singh, Bhukkal Nawab and Sarojini Agarwal -- had quit the SP to join BJP. All three were again elected to the upper House, earlier this year.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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