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MLAs' case hearing on June 1

U.P. Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey to hear the disqualification case

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey on Monday fixed June 1 as the next date of hearing into the case pertaining to disqualification of five MLAs, who had rejoined the BSP leaving the Loktrantrik Bahujan Dal (LBD) on March 1 last.

The Speaker also directed the principal secretary (Assembly) to provide relevant documents as demanded by the MLAs following an Allahabad High Court directive issued on Monday.

According to the MLAs, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad HC has asked the Speaker to provide relevant documents including party list to the five MLAs before hearing the case into their disqualification.

Earlier on May 20, the Speaker had rejected the demand of the five MLAs to provide them with the current party position in the Assembly and party-wise electoral rolls used during the biennial Rajya Sabha polls held on March 28.

Under the 10th Schedule related to disqualification, Mr Pandey said, there was no need for such a list. The counsels for the five MLAs had demanded the list claiming it would decide whether the MLAs had left the party. All the five MLAs -- Jaiveer Singh, Surendra Vikram Singh, Ramji Shukla, Ram Krishna and Dharampur -- had submitted their preliminary objections on the petition of disqualification filed by LBD chief whip Yogesh Pratap Singh for violating the party instructions. -- UNI

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