Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hails revocation of Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership
The Hindu
Hailing the revocation of the Lok Sabha membership suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on August 7 said he hoped that the Uttar Pradesh Assembly membership of party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdulla Azam too will be restored.
Hailing the revocation of the Lok Sabha membership suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on August 7 said he hoped that the Uttar Pradesh Assembly membership of party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdulla Azam too will be restored.
The Lok Sabha membership of Mr. Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification announcing that his disqualification has been revoked and his membership restored.
"First of all, I thank the Supreme Court. Its decision has increased faith in judiciary and democracy. This working style of the BJP is that it wants to take away the membership of (Opposition) leaders," Mr. Yadav, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, told reporters while going to attend the Monsoon session of the House.
"I hope the membership of others will also be restored. The membership of Azam Khan, his son and others was taken away," he added.
Apparently referring to BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria, who was sentenced to two years in prison by an MP-MLA court last week, Mr. Yadav said, "Let's see if the membership of others is also taken away."
Earlier, the SP president in a tweet said, “While conspiring to take away the membership of the MPs and the MLAs of the Opposition parties, the BJP itself has now become a victim. Now let’s see how quickly it suspends the membership of its MP and how quickly it restores the membership of others. The conspiracy of the BJP has now been exposed.” Talking to reporters outside the Assembly,” Mr. Yadav targeted the BJP government, saying it has failed to address the issues faced by the people of the State.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.