Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati revoked the expulsion of two rebels and inducted the lone Trinamool Congress legislator shortly after senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya’s revolt at a legislature party meeting. “There is hardly any precedent in the BSP of re-opening doors to its expelled MLAs or leaders,” said a senior BSP leader. Anxiety was clear on the faces of the BSP leaders when out of 80 MLAs merely 35 MLAs turned up by 10 am. But rebel BSP leader Maurya countered the claim, stating that only 55 MLAs turned up for the meeting. The development came after Maurya claimed that only 55 of the 80 MLAs turned up for a legislature party meeting called by the four-time former chief minister.

Source: Hindustan Times June 26, 2016 06:00 UTC