Samajwadi Party today expelled six of its MPs from the party for defying the whip to vote in favour of the UPA government's confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>"We have expelled the six MPs for defying the party directive. We will inform the Speaker about our decision tomorrow," SP General Secretary Amar Singh told reporters here.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR>The MPs who are expelled from the party are Jai Prakash (Mohanlalganj), S P Singh Baghel (Jalesar), Raj Narain Budholia (Hamirpur), Afzal Ansari (Ghazipur), Ateq Ahmed (Phulpur) and Munnawar Hussain (Muzaffarnagar).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>Singh also rubbished allegations that he paid money to MPs to defect and vote in favour of the Government.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>"We also lost MPs. We have not paid money to anybody," he said.</P></p></table>


Samajwadi Party expels six MPs

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