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Our ranks are swelling: BJP dissidents

"By Wednesday, we may have the numbers to form a separate group," spokesman of the 'Save BJP Committee' Ramasheesh Rai told PTI after a meeting of the dissidents' four-member core group presided over by convenor Ganga Bakht Singh.

He said resentment was brewing among legislators because of the 'intimidatory tactics' adopted by the Mayawati government to 'silence' dissenters.

Rai did not rule out the dissidents fielding a candidate during the Rajya Sabha polls. A decision in this regard would be taken at a meet on Wednesday, he said.

In another development, the Samajwadi Party has threatened to take to the streets protesting against Governor Vishnukant Shastri showing 'utter disregard' to constitutional norms during the current political crisis.

SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has been calling for a trial of strength on the floor of the assembly saying the Mayawati government is in a minority. The governor had recently turned down this demand.

"We had expected that the governor being a learned person would discharge his constitutional duties in an appropriate manner," Yadav told reporters in Lucknow.

"The governor's attitude has forced us to take the matter to the people's court. As the first step, we have decided to observe November 11 as 'Virodh Diwas' (Protest Day)," he said.

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