Samajwadi Party rebel MLA Pooja Pal praises Yogi Adityanath, gets expelled

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party on Thursday expelled rebel MLA Pooja Pal hours after she showered praise on chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh assembly during a marathon discussion on Vision-2047.

In her speech, Pooja, who had earlier voted against the party line in the 2024 Rajya Sabha election, lauded the CM for zero tolerance against crime and credited him with getting justice for her in the case involving gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav immediately expelled her on charges of anti-party activities and indiscipline.

Pooja, elected from the Chail constituency in Kaushambi district, is the fourth among the SP MLAs who had cross-voted for BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls to be expelled from the party.

Pooja's husband Raju Pal, a former BSP MLA, was shot dead just days after their wedding in Jan 2005 in Prayagraj, allegedly at the behest of Atiq Ahmed.

The MLA said that everyone knew who was behind her husband's murder. CM Yogi Adityanath heard her cries for justice when no one else did, she added.
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