5 BSP MLAs withdraw support to party’s Rajya Sabha nominee
Five BSP legislators have withdrawn their support to the party's official candidate, Ramji Gautam, for the Rajya Sabha elections. Aslam Raini, Aslam Chaudhary, Mujtaba Siddiqui, Hakim Lal Bind and Hargovind Bhargava informed the returning officers that their signatures as proposers for Gautam were forged. The by-election to 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh will be held on November 9.