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Thumping her iron fist ; Ever since Chief Minister Mayawati assumed office in May last year, she has clamped down on BSP MLAs and ministers who are accused of criminal acts.
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India Today
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July 14, 2008
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- Subhash Mishra
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It's a cleansing act that Chief Minister Mayawati is bent on
pursuing, even against her own partymen. Ever since she assumed
office in May last year, she has clamped down on BSP MLAs and
ministers who are accused of criminal acts.
The latest to earn her ire is Bhagwan Sharma alias Guddu Pandit,
an MLA from Dibai in Bulandshahar district. He was arrested by the
Noida police on June 29 on charges of rape, molestation, illegal
confinement and criminal assault on a woman.
Sheetal Birla, a research scholar at Agra University, had alleged
that she met Sharma at a wedding and they became close to each
other.
Says Brij Lal, additional director-general of police, They
married at a temple. But ...