Lucknow | Jagran News Desk: Amid the raging controversy over the amended Citizenship Act, BJP supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday suspended party MLA Rama Bai for supporting the controversial act.
Taking a strong note of it, Mayawati in a tweet said that Rama Bai has been suspended from the party adding that the BSP is a disciplined party and it takes prompt action against its MP and MLAs who break discipline.
"BSP is a disciplined party and immediate action is taken against MP/MLA who practices indiscipline. Therefore, BSP MLA Ramabai Parihar from Patheria in MP has been suspended from the party for supporting CAA. She has also been banned from participating in the party program," she said in a tweet in Hindi.
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"While the BSP strongly opposed it, calling it divisive and unconstitutional and voted against it in Parliament. The party also gave a memorandum to the President about its withdrawal but MLA Parihar supported CAA. In the past, she had been warned to follow the party line several times," she said in another tweet.
Rama Bai, who is an MLA from Patheria in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, on Saturday came in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and congratulated PM Modi and Amit Shah for the smooth passage of the act.
"I congratulate (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi, Prahlad Patel and Amit Shah for the smooth passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). It's a great decision which should have been taken much before but it seems those in power the past weren't competent of taking such a decision. I and my family support the CAA," she said.
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The BSP supremo has been a strong critic of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act which seeks to grant citizenship to non Muslim refugees who came to India before December 31, 2014, to escape religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The BSP earlier dubbed the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act as "unconstitutional" and voted against it in Parliament. It also urged the President to withdraw the new law.
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