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Vol. 5 Num 974 Sun. February 25, 2007  
   
International


All 63 BSP MLAs resign from UP assembly


In a pressure tactics that may actually help the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in the trust vote on February 26, all the 63 BSP MLAs along with some BJP and SP members are said to have resigned from the Assembly, attacking Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey.

The dramatic action was announced by party chief Mayawati who described the Samajwadi Party-led coalition government as "unconstitutional" in the wake of Supreme Court judgement disqualifying 13 breakaway BSP MLAs.

"All my party MLAs and 11 other members, including two independents, 5 of BJP and four of SP have handed over their resignations to me. I am forwarding it to the Speaker for acceptance," BSP supremo Mayawati told reporters here.