Setback for opposition as 3 MLCs resign in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, July 29 : The opposition in Uttar Pradesh suffered a setback with three MLCs putting in their papers almost coinciding with BJP national president Amit Shah’s three-day visit to Lucknow.
While MLCs Bhukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh are from the Samajwadi Party, Thakur Jaivir Singh represented the BSP.
Another SP MLC Madhukar Jetli is also rumoured to be quitting but till now he has not formally resigned.While it has not been officially confirmed, all these MLCs are likely to join the BJP during Shah’s presence in the next three days. Most importantly, the vacancy in the Upper House has solved the BJP’s problem of accommodating CM Yogi Adityanath and deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Singh before September 19, the expiry of six months of their terms in office. It remains to be seen how the BJP proposes to make room for minister of state with independent charge Swatantra Dev Singh who is also not a member of either house of the state legislature.