Published 17:01 IST, October 7th 2019
Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh among 40 star campaigners for bypolls
Congress' Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh has made it to the list of the party's 40 star campaigners for the Assembly bypolls due later this month.
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name of Congress's Rae Bareli MLA, iti Singh, who has been served a show-cause tice for defying a party whip and attending a special 36-hour session of Uttar Presh Assembly, has me it to list of party's star campaigners for Assembly bypolls due later this month.
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Star campaigners for Assembly bypolls
Singh, who t only attended special Assembly session, but also spoke in House against her party's decision to boycott it, was among 40 star campaigners of Congress for bypolls to 11 Assembly seats slated for October 21, party sources said. Though Congress leers refused to speak on matter, party insiders said list was prepared before Singh defied party whip.
" list issued by party general secretary Mukul Wasnik bears date of September 23, days before Assembly session. remedial step has, however, been taken in backdrop of her (Singh) coming out in open against party stand," a senior Congress leer said on condition of anymity.
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grand old party issued a show-cause tice to Singh on Friday and asked her to reply to it within two days, a deline that ended on Sunday. "You defied party whip and took part in proceedings. This amounts to indiscipline and anti-party activity," Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leer Ajay Kumar Lallu said in show-cause tice, ding that action would be taken against Rae Bareli MLA if her reply was t submitted by deline. Asked if party h received Singh's reply, Lallu said he was t aware of it as CLP office was closed on account of Dussehra holidays.
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16:26 IST, October 7th 2019