Mayawati adamant about resigning from Rajya Sabha: BSP leader

July 18, 2017 12:21

BSP's SC Mishra tells NDTV that party chief Mayawati is adamant about resigning from the Rajya Sabha. She is likely to resign from the Upper House today.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today walked out of the Rajya Sabha declaring she would quit if she was not allowed to speak. She was trying to raise what she alleged was atrocities on dalits in Uttar Pradesh."If I am not allowed to speak right now, I will resign right away. I will come and give my resignation right now, if I am not allowed to speak right now," said the furious Bahujan Samaj Party leader, demanding she be allowed to speak on Dalits being targeted in Saharanpur.

After the former UP chief minister walked out, opposition parties raises slogans and disrupted house, forcing an adjournment.

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