Shivpal will re-contest his seat if disqualified

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 18 (IANS) Shivpal Singh Yadav, President of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL), has said that he is ready to seek re-election form his Jaswantnagar assembly seat if he is disqualified from the assembly.The Samajwadi Party (SP), last week, filed a petition before Speaker seeking disqualification of Shivpal's membership from the state assembly under anti-defection law."I had already resigned from the Samajwadi Party when I floated the PSPL. I am not worried about disqualification because I will seek re-election from my own Jaswantnagar constituency and the SP can field anyone they want to," he said.Replying to a question, Shivpal said that if he contests a by-election in event of his disqualification, Mulayam Singh Yadav should campaign for him. "I had campaigned for Netaji despite my differences with SP and he should also reciprocate," Shivpal said.
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