New Delhi: Ahead of the trust vote in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday expressed confidence that he would prove his majority on the floor of the House.
He said he would continue to be the Chief Minister and elections would be held with his government in saddle. Mulayam added that he did not see the possibility of imposition of President's rule in the wake of announcement of elections in the state.
His son Akhilesh Yadav claimed that even if President's rule were to be imposed in the state, the party would get a major share of votes. "The Samajwadi Party will be benifitted with a major share of votes if President's rule is imposed in Uttar Pradesh," PTI quoted Akhilesh as saying.
He also alleged that the Congress was searching for "different political methods" to impose Article 356 in the state.
Meanwhile, 78 MLAs, including 67 of the BSP MLAs resigned from the Assembly on Saturday.
In the resignation submitted to Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati, the MLAs said that as the notification for the Assembly elections was issued on February 21, the term of the current Assembly expired on Saturday.
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," PTI quoted Mayawati saying.
Governor TV Rajeswar, however, refused to accept the resignation of seven ministers who were among 13 breakaway BSP MLAs.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, Rajeswar said that there was no point in accepting the resignations when the apex court had already disqualified them with effect from August 27, 2003.
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