LUCKNOW: In an image building exercise, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday evening suspended its three "tainted" MLAs - Mahendra Kumar Singh, Radheshyam Jaiswal and Ram Lal Akela - from the party on charge of "anti-party" activities.
The party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary said that the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is also the state SP president, decided to suspend three MLAs from the party after they were found to involved in criminal activities, which have damaged party's image and reputation.
Mahendra Kumar Singh is MLA from Sevta assembly constituency in Sitapur district. He was arrested in Goa on Monday along with five others and a few call girls. He was booked under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and remanded in police custody for six days.
Sachin Jaiswal son of Radheshyam Jaiswal, MLA from Sitapur Sadar assembly constituency in Sitapur district, was on Tuesday booked by the police after he opened fire and injured one, Dharam Pal Yadav, following a dispute over a land. He was accused of land-grabbing.
Ram Lal Akela, MLA from Bachhrawan assembly seat of Rae Bareli, was also suspended because of his three sons Vikrant, Ranjit and Sonu, who bulldozed the house of an additional chief medical officer, Naseer, at Krantipuri locality on Saturday after he refused to pay them Rs 20 lakh.
SP leaders said that the chief minister has given a signal to party leaders and workers that "criminal activities" will not be tolerated.
The SP government is already drawing flak from all directions for the collapse of law and order in UP, which may go against the party in 2014 lok sabha polls.
However, opposition described it as an eyewash. State BJP spokesperson Vijay Pathak said that the action has been taken a day after media reported the matter. "Many SP leaders and workers are indulging in criminal activities across UP but no action has been taken against them," he said.
BSP general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya said that the three incidents prove that the state is being ruled by goons and mafia. "We will raise the issue in the next assembly session. BSP chief Mayawati has already demanded imposition of President rule in the state," he said.
Earlier, on April 14, 2013, Akhilesh had sacked khadi and village industry minister Raja Ram Pandey from his cabinet after the latter triggered a controversy by allgedly promising to get roads in Pratapgarh district constructed like cheeks of actresses Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit.
Similarly, on June 21, 2013, chief minister had expelled Pramod Gupta, MLA from Bidhuna assembly constituency of Auraiya district, from the party for six years on charge of anti-party activities. Gupta is brother-in-law of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh's uncle.
On March 4, 2013, on the direction of Akhilesh, independent MLA from Kunda and minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya had resigned after he was named in deputy SP murder case. Though CBI has given clean chit to Raja, he has not been re-inducted in the cabinet so far.
The party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary said that the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is also the state SP president, decided to suspend three MLAs from the party after they were found to involved in criminal activities, which have damaged party's image and reputation.
Mahendra Kumar Singh is MLA from Sevta assembly constituency in Sitapur district. He was arrested in Goa on Monday along with five others and a few call girls. He was booked under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and remanded in police custody for six days.
Sachin Jaiswal son of Radheshyam Jaiswal, MLA from Sitapur Sadar assembly constituency in Sitapur district, was on Tuesday booked by the police after he opened fire and injured one, Dharam Pal Yadav, following a dispute over a land. He was accused of land-grabbing.
Ram Lal Akela, MLA from Bachhrawan assembly seat of Rae Bareli, was also suspended because of his three sons Vikrant, Ranjit and Sonu, who bulldozed the house of an additional chief medical officer, Naseer, at Krantipuri locality on Saturday after he refused to pay them Rs 20 lakh.
SP leaders said that the chief minister has given a signal to party leaders and workers that "criminal activities" will not be tolerated.
The SP government is already drawing flak from all directions for the collapse of law and order in UP, which may go against the party in 2014 lok sabha polls.
However, opposition described it as an eyewash. State BJP spokesperson Vijay Pathak said that the action has been taken a day after media reported the matter. "Many SP leaders and workers are indulging in criminal activities across UP but no action has been taken against them," he said.
BSP general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya said that the three incidents prove that the state is being ruled by goons and mafia. "We will raise the issue in the next assembly session. BSP chief Mayawati has already demanded imposition of President rule in the state," he said.
Earlier, on April 14, 2013, Akhilesh had sacked khadi and village industry minister Raja Ram Pandey from his cabinet after the latter triggered a controversy by allgedly promising to get roads in Pratapgarh district constructed like cheeks of actresses Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit.
Similarly, on June 21, 2013, chief minister had expelled Pramod Gupta, MLA from Bidhuna assembly constituency of Auraiya district, from the party for six years on charge of anti-party activities. Gupta is brother-in-law of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh's uncle.
On March 4, 2013, on the direction of Akhilesh, independent MLA from Kunda and minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya had resigned after he was named in deputy SP murder case. Though CBI has given clean chit to Raja, he has not been re-inducted in the cabinet so far.
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