Mulayam should resign, says Maya

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav following the Allahabad HC order quashing his government’s notification abolishing the nine districts and four commissionaries created by her government. Terming the court verdict ‘‘historic’’, the former CM said: ‘‘If Yadav has even an iota of morality left in him, he should submit his resignation to the Governor saying he can’t provide justice to people of the state.’’

Saying that the order ‘‘vindicated’’ her stand, Mayawati said the Yadav government’s decision to abolish the districts was taken due to ‘‘political vendetta’’ and to ‘‘please some industrialists’’. —(PTI)