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Mulayam to urge governor to dismiss Mayawati

Sharat Pradhan in Lucknow

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will call on Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishukant Shastri on Friday and urge him to dismiss the Bahujan Samaj Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government headed by Mayawati.

"The ruling BSP-BJP coalition is reduced to a minority following the expression of loss of faith in the government by 12 BJP MLAs. The government has no business to continue in office," SP state general secretary Shiv Pal Singh Yadav told rediff.com on Friday morning.

Yadav, who is Mulayam's younger brother, added, "Since Mayawati is not resigning on her own, Governor Shastri should dismiss her."

Meanwhile, with the whiff of power getting stronger by the day, the Samajwadi Party has summoned all its 142 legislators in the 403-member state assembly to be present in Lucknow.

The party leadership proposes to march down with the entire entourage of 142 to the Governor's House on Friday noon to press their demand.

BJP dissidents in their memorandum to the governor on Thursday had urged him to convene a special session of the assembly and ask Mayawati to prove her majority.

Coalition strongman and senior BJP minister Lalji Tandon, however, claimed, "We still enjoy majority as the 12 BJP MLAs have not withdrawn support but only expressed dissatisfaction with the government's working."

Sources said that the SP could even stake claim to form an alternative government, provided it was given an opportunity to prove its strength on the floor of the house.

SP, which is the largest single party in the state assembly, was also busy trying to muster support of other political groups to prove that it stood stronger in the game of numbers in comparison to the 'reduced strength' of the ruling coalition.

Desperate attempts were on to enlist the support of the Congress party, which has 25 legislators.

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