In fact, it suspended four MLAs from the party for cross-voting during the RS polls With that phase now over, it has little to worry about denying tickets to sitting MLAs. Sources, in this context, indicated that the party local units' feedback about sitting MLAs was going to be a critical input for Mulayam Singh Yadav to decide on tickets to sitting members. NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party may deny seats to many of the ruling party's sitting MLAs in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, as its leadership seeks to beat possible anti-incumbent sentiment, a Party source said. "The party will have to deny tickets to up to 100 of its sitting MLAs," said this person, who was briefed about the deliberations among the top leaders.The SP has 229 members in the 403-member state assembly. "There is little anti-incumbency against (Chief Minister) Akhilesh Yadav , but more against individual MLAs.

Source: Economic Times June 19, 2016 22:18 UTC