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Opposition demand for special
session of UP assembly rejected

The Mayawati government completed six months in office on Saturday.

"....the status of the government as yet remains the same," the Raj Bhavan said in a communique breaking a day-long silence after a Samajwadi Party delegation on Friday called on the governor and staked claim to form the government.

Referring to Shastri's meeting with 12 dissident BJP MLAs on Thursday, the Raj Bhavan statement said they did not express a desire to withdraw support to the Mayawati government, either in writing or orally.

The Raj Bhavan also said the memorandum submitted by Azam Khan, leader of the Samajwadi legislature party, did not contain the names or signatures of the 37 dissident BJP MLAs, whose support the SP claimed.

"If in future, these 37 alleged dissident BJP MLAs withdraw support from the government or if the SP furnishes a letter signed by these MLAs withdrawing support to the government, it will be considered by the governor at that time," the communique said.

The SP had claimed the support of 204 MLAs, including the BJP dissidents, in a house of 403.

The Raj Bhavan communique made it clear that till date only seven independent legislators had withdrawn support to the government and that it still enjoyed a majority.

The Congress on whose support the SP was banking on for government formation backed that party for convening a special session to test the strength of Mayawati government but at the same time was evasive on supporting Mulayam Singh.

"Whenever a time would come for formation of an alternative non-BJP government, the Congress would take appropriate steps at the appropriate time and would help provide a clean administration to the state," said Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tiwari after a meeting of Congress MLAs.

Former chief minister and leader of the Rashtriya Kranti Party Kalyan Singh had also met the governor and demanded dismissal of the government or convening of a special session.

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