Samajwadi Party expels 6 MPs

Samajwadi Party expelled six of its MPs from the party for defying the whip to vote in favour of the UPA Government.

Samajwadi Party on Friday expelled six of its MPs from the party for defying the whip to vote in favour of the UPA Government’s confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.

“We have expelled the six MPs for defying the party directive. We will inform the Speaker about our decision on Friday,” SP General Secretary Amar Singh told reporters in New Delhi.

The MPs who are expelled from the party are Jai Prakash (Mohanlalganj), S P Singh Baghel (Jalesar), Raj Narain Budholia (Hamirpur), Afzal Ansari (Ghazipur), Ateq Ahmed (Phulpur) and Munnawar Hussain (Muzaffarnagar).

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Singh also rubbished allegations that he paid money to MPs to defect and vote in favour of the Government.

“We also lost MPs. We have not paid money to anybody,” he said.

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