New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday expelled its MLA Pooja Pal hours after she praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Assembly for "reducing gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed to dust" who was linked to killing of her husband.
Pooja Pal, during a discussion on Vision 2047 in the UP Assembly on Thursday, thanked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for seeing her "hidden tears that no one noticed for years".
"My grief and pain were acknowledged and justice was delivered," she said. The MLA said there are many such bereaved families in Prayagraj who have "received justice" under CM Adityanath.
She has become the fourth MLA to be expelled by the SP since June for what it termed as "anti-party" activities by...