Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday expelled N Mahesh, the party’s lone MLA in Karnataka, from the party on the charge of indiscipline after he skipped the floor test despite a party directive to vote for the HD Kumaraswamy government. In a tweet, the BSP chief said the party had directed N Mahesh to vote for the Kumaraswamy government but he remained absent during the floor test. On Sunday, Mayawati had tweeted that she had directed the party MLA to vote in support of the Kumaraswamy government. During the Lok Sabha election, JD (S) national general secretary Danish Ali joined BSP and won the Amroha parliamentary seat in UP. RK Gautam, a political observer said, the BSP had no representation in the Karnataka assembly after the expulsion of Mahesh from the party.

Source: Hindustan Times July 23, 2019 16:36 UTC