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RLD Minister sows trouble for Mulayam

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Trouble is brewing for the Mulayam Singh Yadavs Government in Uttar Pradesh.

The rift between the left and the right wing parties running the Government in the State is coming to the fore.

Not even a month has passed when Ch Babulal the RLD Minister from Agra had declared a Halla Bol against the Mulayam Singh Yadav Government, another Minister Ganga Prasad Pushkar forced the Government to adopt face-saving measures by taking out a demonstration against the Samajwadi Partys oppressive policies.

Pushkar challenged the Chief Minister to expel him from the Cabinet if he could.

On Monday, Ganga Prasad Pushkar, the Minister of State for Agriculture (RLD quota) took out a demonstration march, blaming the UP Government for destroying the States natural resources by snatching the cultivable land from farmers and handing it over to industrialists.

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