Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Willing to re-contest if disqualifi­ed: Shivpal

- HT Correspond­ent letters@hindustant­imes.com

■ KANPUR: :President of the Pragatishe­el Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday said that he is ready to seek re-election form his Jaswantnag­ar assembly seat if he is disqualifi­ed from the assembly.

“I have already resigned from Samajwadi Party. The final decision rests with the Speaker of the assembly. If the speaker rules against me, I will go back to the people of Jaswant Nagar for their mandate. It will not matter to me if SP fields a candidate against me,” he told reporters in Etawah on Wednesday.

The Samajwadi Party (SP), last week, filed a petition before the Speaker seeking the disqualifi­cation of Shivpal’s membership from the state assembly under the anti-defection law.

Shivpal Yadav had quit the Samajwadi Party last year. In August 2018, he first formed the Samajwadi Secular Morcha (SSM) and then registered a political party--Pragatishe­el Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) — two months later. His party contested the Lok Sabha polls across the state.

Replying to a question, Shivpal said that if he contests a by-election in event of his disqualifi­cation, Mulayam Singh Yadav should campaign for him. “I had campaigned for Netaji despite my difference­s with SP and he should also reciprocat­e,” Shivpal said.

› I have already resigned from SP. The final decision rests with the speaker of the assembly. If the speaker rules against me, I will go back to the people of Jaswant Nagar for their mandate. SHIVPAL YADAV, PSP-L chief

 ?? ANI ?? ■ Members of Pragatishe­el Samajwadi Party take out a mock funeral procession of inflation during their protest against the rising electricit­y unit rate, illegal recovery during vehicle checking by police and new traffic fines, n Lucknow on Wednesday.
ANI ■ Members of Pragatishe­el Samajwadi Party take out a mock funeral procession of inflation during their protest against the rising electricit­y unit rate, illegal recovery during vehicle checking by police and new traffic fines, n Lucknow on Wednesday.

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