Take all UP MLAs to Ayodhya on Jan 22, SP legislator writes to Assembly Speaker
Lucknow, Jan 10: Samajwadi Party MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh on Wednesday said he has written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh assembly speaker asking him to take all legislators to Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony on January 22.
The SP MLA from Gauriganj in Amethi said he has not yet got any response from Speaker Satish Mahana.
"I have written a letter to the assembly speaker and requested him to take all the legislators with him to Ayodhya for the January 22 consecration ceremony," Singh, third term SP MLA from Gauriganj, Amethi, told PTI.
He said, "As the Speaker is our patron, I have made the request to him and sent a letter to his office". Singh was referring to all MLAs of UP across party lines.
It comes at a time when his own party president Akhilesh Yadav is non-committal on going to Ayodhya for the January 22 consecration ceremony.
Asked earlier about VHP working president Alok Kumar's claim that an invitation to attend the "Pran Pratistha" event in Ayodhya has been sent to Yadav, the SP president said he does not know him and has "perhaps never met him".
"We all are followers of Lord Ram and the Speaker should take MLAs with him to Ayodhya," Singh said.
When queried what response did he get from the Speaker or his office, the SP MLA said as he is out of station, there is no response to his request so far.
About party national general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya's recent controversial statements, he said the SP president (Akhilesh Yadav) has asked everyone not to speak about religious issues and focus on the cause of backwards, Dalits and the oppressed.
On Wednesday, Maurya justified the then Mulayam Singh Yadav government's order directing the police to open fire on 'Kar sevaks' in Ayodhya in 1990, saying it was done to "protect the Constitution".
Maurya was in Kasganj during the day.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
