Bhandari may reject BJP, BSP nominees

State Environment and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barkhu Ram Verma (BSP) heads the party’s list of Parishad members as he has to become a member of either House within six months of assuming ministerial reponsibility. Verma lost the Assembly elections in October from the Sigri constituency in Azamgarh district but was inducted into Mayawati’s Cabinet on March 21.

Going by his propensity to remain in the limelight, Bhandari, who has been lying low since the new Government came into being on March 21, will not come to the help of the coalition, according to sources. The Governor has indicated that he was not going to approve any out-of-turn nominations for the Council seats reserved for social workers, litterateurs and freedom fighters. But the ball will be in Bhandari’s court after the Cabinet sends the names for nomination following a meeting tomorrow.