Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday suspended party's Madhya Pradesh MLA Ramabai Parihar for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Parihar on Saturday came out in support of the controversial law at an event in her assembly constituency Patharia in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district. In that order, BSP MLA Ramabai Parihar from Patheria in MP has been suspended from the party for supporting CAA. Nonetheless, MLA Parihar supported the CAA. The BSP has two MLAs in 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly and supports the Congress' Kamal Nath government.

Source: dna December 29, 2019 11:37 UTC