UP: Rebel MLA Pooja Pal meets CM Adityanath; was expelled by SP for ‘anti-party’ activities | India News

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh MLA Pooja Pal, who was expelled from Samajwadi Party, met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.This comes days after Pal was proven exit gate after she praised Adityanath inside state meeting for his zero-tolerance coverage towards crime.Pooja Pal, whose husband Raju Pal was allegedly shot lifeless by gangster Atiq Ahmed‘s associates, stated that the UP CM delivered justice by insurance policies like zero tolerance, which in the end led to the elimination of criminals comparable to Atiq Ahmed.“Everyone knows who murdered my husband (Raju Pal). I want to thank the chief minister for bringing me justice and hearing me when nobody else did. The CM gave justice to many other women like me in Prayagraj by bringing in policies like zero tolerance that led to the killing of criminals like Atiq Ahmed. Today, the entire state looks at the CM with trust,” she had stated.“Mere pati ke hatyare Atiq Ahmed ko Mukhya Mantri ne mitti mein milaane ka kaam kiya’ (The chief minister has buried my husband’s murderer Atiq Ahmed),” she added.Hours later, Samajwadi Party expelled Pal for “indulging in anti-party activities and displaying indiscipline.“Your anti-party activities have been famous, and regardless of repeated cautions, you continued these actions, inflicting appreciable harm to the social gathering,” a celebration round learn.“The actions carried out by you might be anti-party in nature and represent critical indiscipline. You are hereby expelled from the Samajwadi Party with rapid impact and faraway from all social gathering positions. You will not be allowed to take part in any social gathering occasions or conferences, nor will you be invited to them,” it added.BSP MLA Raju Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj in 2005, just days after marrying Pooja Pal.Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case, was also killed in February 2023 in Prayagraj’s Sulem Saray area, where assailants fired multiple rounds and hurled bombs at him and his security team. The prime accused within the case, Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad, have been arrested by the police. However, on the evening of April 15, 2023, they have been shot lifeless in Prayagraj by males posing as press personnel whereas being taken for a medical examination.