Two Samajwadi Celebration MLAs, Manoj Pandey and Abhay Singh, had been offered ‘Y ‘safety cowl by the Centre on Saturday. Pandey and Singh are among the many seven MLAs suspected to have cross-voted throughout Rajya Sabha ballot final month.
Based on a senior authorities official, Manoj Pandey, a three-term MLA from the Unchahar seat in Raebareli, has been offered Y-Plus safety, whereas Abhay Singh, a two-time MLA from Gosaiganj in Ayodhya, has been assigned Y-security. Each, Singh and Pandey, have additionally confirmed to have obtained the safety cowl.
Of the suspected cross-voters, Manoj Pandey, Rakesh Pandey and Vinod Chaturvedi are Brahmins, Rakesh Pratap Singh and Abhay Singh are Thakurs. Puja Pal belongs to the OBC class whereas Ashutosh Maurya is a Dalit.
Pandey, who was SP’s chief whip, had resigned from the celebration put up shortly earlier than Rajya Sabha elections held final month. He was notably the primary SP chief to dissent in opposition to Swami Prasad Maurya’s contentious remarks on the Ramcharitramanas.
Pandey, was the SP consultant from the Unchahar Meeting constituency of Raebareli. Unchahar inside the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat is taken into account to be a stronghold of the Congress. Initially, Pandey was anticipated to lend assist to SP ally, Congress, in retaining its long-held stronghold in Raebareli. Nevertheless, his subsequent actions diverged from this anticipated course.
Then again, Abhay Singh, recognised as a bahubali, has been related to the incarcerated strongman-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and has circumstances in opposition to him in varied districts of the state.
Following the incidents of cross-voting, the SP confronted setbacks, resulting in the defeat of 1 out of the three candidates fielded by the celebration. The elections had been carried out for 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Whereas the BJP was anticipated to safe seven seats based mostly on its energy within the UP Meeting, the SP was entitled to 3. Nevertheless, the BJP launched an sudden eighth candidate, leading to a aggressive state of affairs.
In the end, all eight BJP candidates emerged victorious, whereas solely two from the SP succeeded, with retired bureaucrat and former UP chief secretary Alok Ranjan
struggling defeat.