SP’s UP Assembly chief whip resigns as voting in Rajya Sabha polls under way

UP, 27/2: Samajwadi Party MLA and leader Manoj Kumar Pandey resigned from the post of Samajwadi Party Chief Whip today as voting in the elections for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh is under way..

This comes after eight MLAs of the Samajwadi Party did not attend a meeting called by party chief Akhilesh Yadav yesterday. The list included the now resigned chief whip of the party in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Manoj Pandey.